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ArticleOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021

Evaluation of a multi-species SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test.

Carmen W E Embregts, Babs Verstrepen, Jan A M Langermans, Kinga P Böszörményi, Reina S Sikkema, Rory D de Vries, Donata Hoffmann, Kerstin Wernike, Lidwien A M Smit, Shan Zhao and 5 more

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Article in One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Carmen W E EmbregtsDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Babs VerstrepenBiomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
Jan A M LangermansBiomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
Kinga P BöszörményiBiomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
Reina S SikkemaDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Rory D de VriesDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Donata HoffmannInstitute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Insel Riems, Germany.
Kerstin WernikeInstitute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Insel Riems, Germany.
Lidwien A M SmitInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Shan ZhaoDepartment of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Barry RockxDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Marion P G KoopmansDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Bart L HaagmansDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Thijs KuikenDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Corine H GeurtsvanKesselDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NLUtrecht University · NLBiomedical Primate Research Centre · NLFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assays to measure SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies are important to monitor seroprevalence, to study asymptomatic infections and to reveal (intermediate) hosts. A recently developed assay, the surrogate virus-neutralization test (sVNT) is a quick and commercially available alternative to the "gold standard" virus neutralization assay using authentic virus, and does not require processing at BSL-3 level. The assay relies on the inhibition of binding of the receptor binding domain (RBD) on the spike (S) protein to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) by antibodies present in sera. As the sVNT does not require species- or isotype-specific conjugates, it can be similarly used for antibody detection in human and animal sera. In this study, we used 298 sera from PCR-confirmed COVID-19 patients and 151 sera from patients confirmed with other coronavirus or other (respiratory) infections, to evaluate the performance of the sVNT. To analyze the use of the assay in a One Health setting, we studied the presence of RBD-binding antibodies in 154 sera from nine animal species (cynomolgus and rhesus macaques, ferrets, rabbits, hamsters, cats, cattle, mink and dromedary camels). The sVNT showed a moderate to high sensitivity and a high specificity using sera from confirmed COVID-19 patients (91.3% and 100%, respectively) and animal sera (93.9% and 100%), however it lacked sensitivity to detect low titers. Significant correlations were found between the sVNT outcomes and PRNT

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Animal seraNeutralizing antibodiesSARS-CoV-2SerologySurrogate virus neutralization test

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