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ArticleJournal of medical virology2021

Clinical performance of three fully automated anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays targeting the nucleocapsid or spike proteins.

Julien Favresse, Julie Cadrobbi, Christine Eucher, Marc Elsen, Kim Laffineur, Jean-Michel Dogné, Jonathan Douxfils

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Nucleocapsid and spike antibody responses following virologically confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational analysis in the Virus Watch community cohort.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julien FavresseDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinique St-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9805-049X
Julie CadrobbiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinique St-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
Christine EucherDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinique St-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
Marc ElsenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinique St-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
Kim LaffineurDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinique St-Luc Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
Jean-Michel DognéDepartment of Pharmacy, Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Jonathan DouxfilsDepartment of Pharmacy, Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Clinique Saint-Joseph · BEUniversity of Namur · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assesses the clinical performance of three anti-SARS-CoV-2 assays, namely EUROIMMUN anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (IgG) ELISA, Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (total antibodies) assay, and LIAISON anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins S1 and S2 (IgG) assay. One hundred and thirty-seven coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) samples from 96 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction confirmed patients were chosen to perform the sensitivity analysis. Non-SARS-CoV-2 sera (n = 141) with a potential cross-reaction to SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays were included in the specificity analysis. None of these tests demonstrated a sufficiently high clinical sensitivity to diagnose acute infection. Fourteen days since symptom onset, we did not find any significant difference between the three techniques in terms of sensitivities. However, Elecsys performed better in terms of specificity. All three anti-SARS-CoV-2 assays had equivalent sensitivities 14 days from symptom onset to diagnose past-COVID-19 infection. We also confirmed that anti-SARS-CoV-2 determination before Day 14 is of less clinical interest.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingCross ReactionsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunoassayImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin Gnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2PhosphoproteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2COVID-19cut-offSARS-CoV-2serologysymptom onset

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PMID33200836
PMCPMC7753716
OpenAlexW3104225599

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