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ArticleVaccines2022

Validation of a Novel Fluorescent Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Total Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S-RBD Binding Antibody Units (BAU) from Plasma or Fingerstick Whole-Blood of COVID-19 Vaccinees.

Nadin Younes, Duaa W Al-Sadeq, Farah M Shurrab, Hadeel T Zedan, Haissam Abou-Saleh, Bushra Y Abo-Halawa, Fatima M AlHamaydeh, Amira E Elsharafi, Hanin I Daas, Swapna Thomas and 11 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nadin YounesBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Duaa W Al-SadeqBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-0487-3365
Farah M ShurrabBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Hadeel T ZedanBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-9484-7290
Haissam Abou-SalehBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-3460-1413
Bushra Y Abo-HalawaBiological Science Program, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-8758-3303
Fatima M AlHamaydehDepartment of Biomedical Science, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Amira E ElsharafiDepartment of Biomedical Science, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-4523-2748
Hanin I DaasCollege of Dental Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9074-2726
Swapna ThomasBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Sahar AboalmaalyLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Afra Al FarsiLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Reeham Al-BuainainLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Samar AtaelmannanLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Jiji PaulLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Amana Salih Al SaadiLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Hadi M YassineBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-7592-2788
Amin F MajdalawiehDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-0240-1057
Ahmed IsmailLaboratory Section, Medical Commission Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha 42, Qatar.
Laith J Abu-RaddadInfectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha 24144, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0790-0506
Gheyath K NasrallahBiomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9252-1038
Qatar University · QAMinistry of Public Health · QAAmerican University of Sharjah · AECornell University · US

Funding

Qatar National Research Fund UREP28-173-3- 057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Limited commercial LFA assays are available to provide a reliable quantitative measurement of the total binding antibody units (BAU/mL) against the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S-RBD). Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the fluorescence LFA FinecareTM 2019-nCoV S-RBD test along with its reader (Model No.: FS-113) against the following reference methods: (i) the FDA-approved GenScript surrogate virus-neutralizing assay (sVNT); and (ii) three highly performing automated immunoassays: BioMérieux VIDAS®3, Ortho VITROS®, and Mindray CL-900i®. Methods: Plasma from 488 vaccinees was tested by all aforementioned assays. Fingerstick whole-blood samples from 156 vaccinees were also tested by FinecareTM. Results and conclusions: FinecareTM showed 100% specificity, as none of the pre-pandemic samples tested positive. Equivalent FinecareTM results were observed among the samples taken from fingerstick or plasma (Pearson correlation r = 0.9, p < 0.0001), suggesting that fingerstick samples are sufficient to quantitate the S-RBD BAU/mL. A moderate correlation was observed between FinecareTM and sVNT (r = 0.5, p < 0.0001), indicating that FinecareTM can be used for rapid prediction of the neutralizing antibody (nAb) post-vaccination. FinecareTM BAU results showed strong correlation with VIDAS®3 (r = 0.6, p < 0.0001) and moderate correlation with VITROS® (r = 0.5, p < 0.0001) and CL-900i® (r = 0.4, p < 0.0001), suggesting that FinecareTM can be used as a surrogate for the advanced automated assays to measure S-RBD BAU/mL.

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automated immunoassayCLIACOVID-19lateral flow assayneutralizing antibodiesSARS-CoV-2serologysurrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT)

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PMID36016206
PMCPMC9415525
OpenAlexW4293062669

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