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ArticleScientific reports2021

Performance and usefulness of a novel automated immunoassay HISCL SARS-CoV-2 Antigen assay kit for the diagnosis of COVID-19.

Kaori Saito, Tomohiko Ai, Akinori Kawai, Jun Matsui, Yoshiyuki Fukushima, Norihiro Kikukawa, Takuya Kyoutou, Masayoshi Chonan, Takeaki Kawakami, Yoshie Hosaka and 10 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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20 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kaori Saito *Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Tomohiko Ai *Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Akinori KawaiClinical Innovation, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
Jun MatsuiLS Medical Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
Yoshiyuki FukushimaLS Medical Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
Norihiro KikukawaClinical Innovation, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
Takuya KyoutouEngineering 1, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, Japan.
Masayoshi ChonanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeaki KawakamiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshie HosakaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Shigeki MisawaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Haruhi TakagiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasushi MatsushitaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto HikiEmergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsushi OkuzawaDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi HoriDepartment of Infection Control Science, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio NaitoDepartment of General Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi MiidaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Kazuhisa TakahashiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoko TabeDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. tabe@juntendo.ac.jp.
Juntendo University · JPSysmex (Japan) · JPJuntendo University Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we aimed to evaluate the clinical performance of a novel automated immunoassay HISCL SARS-CoV-2 Antigen assay kit designed to detect the nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This kit comprises automated chemiluminescence detection systems. Western blot analysis confirmed that anti-SARS-CoV antibodies detected SARS-CoV-2N proteins. The best cut-off index was determined, and clinical performance was tested using 115 serum samples obtained from 46 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 69 individuals who tested negative for COVID-19 through reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The HISCL Antigen assay kit showed a sensitivity of 95.4% and 16.6% in samples with copy numbers > 100 and < 99, respectively. The kit did not cross-react with human coronaviruses causing seasonal common cold and influenza, and none of the 69 individuals without COVID-19 were diagnosed with positive results. Importantly, 81.8% of the samples with low virus load (< 50 copy numbers) were diagnosed as negative. Thus, using HISCL antigen assay kits may reduce overdiagnosis compared with RT-qPCR tests. The rapid and high-throughput HISCL SARS-CoV-2 Antigen assay kit developed here proved suitable for screening infectious COVID-19 and may help control the pandemic.

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Blotting, WesternCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19COVID-19 Serological TestingCross ReactionsHumansImmunoassayPhosphoproteinsSARS-CoV-2Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteinsnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2Phosphoproteins

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