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. 2019 Jun;25(6):1153–1160. doi: 10.3201/eid2506.180361

Table 3. Rate and ratio of false Zika virus IgG–positive samples obtained with Euroimmun and Dia.Pro Zika virus IgG assays according to the non–Zika virus sample subgroup.

Test Positive for 
dengue virus, 
collected before 2013 Positive for chikungunya virus, collected in 2014 Negative for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses, 
collected at end of 2015
Euroimmun IgG test
False positivity rate, % (pos/pos + neg) 40% (14/35) 45.8% (11/24) 11.9% (5/42)
IgG S/C ratio of false-positive IgG, mean (range)
3.9 (1.1–6.7)
2.0 (1.2–2.9)
2.0 (1.3−3.7)
Dia.Pro IgG test
False positivity rate, % (pos/pos + neg) 40% (14/35) 58.6% (17/29) 21.4% (9/42)
IgG S/C ratio of false-positive IgG, mean (range) 9.2 (2.5–14.4) 3.1 (1.1–7.7) 4.3 (1.1–10.1)

*Neg, negative; pos, positive.