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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2022

Fcγ-Receptor-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Sensitive, Specific, and Persistent Detection of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein IgG Antibodies in Human Sera.

Christina Deschermeier, Christa Ehmen, Ronald von Possel, Carolin Murawski, Ben Rushton, John Amuasi, Nimako Sarpong, Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré, Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy, Danny Asogun and 5 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Christina DeschermeierDiagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8309-7877
Christa EhmenDiagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Ronald von PosselDepartment for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Carolin MurawskiDiagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Ben RushtonDiagnostics Development Laboratory, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
John AmuasiGlobal Health and Infectious Disease Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
Nimako SarpongInfectious Disease Epidemiology Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
Oumou Maiga-AscofaréInfectious Disease Epidemiology Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
Raphael RakotozandrindrainyDepartment for Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Danny AsogunInstitute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.
Yemisi IghodaloInstitute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.
Lisa OestereichDepartment for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Sophie DuraffourDepartment for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Meike PahlmannDepartment for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Petra EmmerichDepartment for Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DEIrrua Specialist Teaching Hospital · NGKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine · GHUniversity of Rostock · DEUniversity of Antananarivo · MG

Funding

EC | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) BWF/H/52228/2012/13.10.10-1/3.4,6German Ministry of Education and Research 01KI20210Leibniz Association J59/20218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensitive and specific serological tests are mandatory for epidemiological studies evaluating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) prevalence as well as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) morbidity and mortality rates. The accuracy of results is challenged by antibody waning after convalescence and by cross-reactivity induced by previous infections with other pathogens. By employing a patented platform technology based on capturing antigen-antibody complexes with a solid-phase-bound Fcγ receptor (FcγR) and truncated nucleocapsid protein as the antigen, two SARS-CoV-2 IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), featuring different serum and antigen dilutions, were developed. Validation was performed using a serum panel comprising 213 longitudinal samples from 35 COVID-19 patients and a negative-control panel consisting of 790 pre-COVID-19 samples from different regions of the world. While both assays show similar diagnostic sensitivities in the early convalescent phase, ELISA 2 (featuring a higher serum concentration) enables SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody detection for a significantly longer time postinfection (≥15 months). Correspondingly, analytical sensitivity referenced to indirect immunofluorescence testing (IIFT) is significantly higher for ELISA 2 in samples with a titer of ≤1:640; for high-titer samples, a prozone effect is observed for ELISA 2. The specificities of both ELISAs were excellent not only for pre-COVID-19 serum samples from Europe, Asia, and South America but also for several challenging African sample panels. The SARS-CoV-2 IgG FcγR ELISAs, methodically combining antigen-antibody binding in solution and isotype-specific detection of immune complexes, are valuable tools for seroprevalence studies requiring the (long-term) detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in populations with a challenging immunological background and/or in which spike-protein-based vaccine programs have been rolled out.

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COVID-19Receptors, IgGAntibodies, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunoglobulin GNucleocapsid ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificitySeroepidemiologic StudiesSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GNucleocapsid ProteinsReceptors, IgGSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2immunoassayimmunoglobulinsinfectious diseaselaboratory methods and toolsviral diseases

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PMID35574677
PMCPMC9199419
OpenAlexW4280630865

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