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ArticleAnnals of laboratory medicine2018

Diagnostic Performance and Comparative Evaluation of the Architect, Liaison, and Platelia Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Assays.

Younhee Park, Borae G Park, Jihye Ha, Hyon Suk Kim

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Article in Annals of laboratory medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Younhee ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Borae G ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jihye HaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hyon Suk KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kimhs54@yuhs.ac.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-7740

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Abstract

backgroundEpstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the most prevalent causes of viral infection in humans. EBV infection stage (acute, past, or absent infection) is typically determined using a combination of assays that detect EBV-specific markers, such as IgG and IgM antibodies against the EBV viral capsid antigen (VCA) and IgG antibodies against the EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA). We compared the diagnostic performance and agreement of results between three commercial EBV antibody assays using an EBV performance panel (SeraCare Life Science, Milford, MA, USA) as a reference.

methodsEBV antibody tests of EBV VCA IgM, VCA IgG, and EBNA IgG antibodies were performed by the Architect (Abbott Diagnostics, Wiesbaden, Germany), Liaison (DiaSorin, Saluggia, Italy), and Platelia (Bio-Rad, Marnes-la-Coquette, France) assays. Agreement between the three assays was evaluated using 279 clinical samples, and EBV DNA and antibody test results were compared.

resultsThe three EBV antibody assays showed good diagnostic performance with good and excellent agreement with the performance panel (kappa coefficient, >0.6). The overall VCA IgM positivity rate was higher in EBV DNA-positive samples than in EBV DNA-negative samples for all three EBV antibody assays (P=0.02). The three EBV antibody assays exhibited good agreement in results for the clinical samples.

conclusionsThe diagnostic performance of the three EBV antibody assays was acceptable, and they showed comparable agreement in results for the clinical samples.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, ViralChildChild, PreschoolDNA, ViralEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsFemaleHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MInfantMaleAntibodies, ViralDNA, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MReagent Kits, DiagnosticAntibodyAssayDiagnostic performanceDNAEpstein-Barr virusImmunoglobulin

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