Table 2.
Developed serology tests for SARS-CoV-2 detection by different companies and researchers.
| Developer | Platform | Target antigen | Target antibody | Other features | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | CMIA | Nucleocapsid | IgG | Return 100–200 test results in 1 h, specificity 99.6%, and sensitivity of 100% | Abbott Laboratories (2020b) |
| DiaSorin | CMIA | Spike | IgG | Fully automated, quantitative, 97.4% sensitivity, 98.5 specificity | DiaSorin (2020) |
| Pharmact AG | Lateral flow assay | – | IgG and IgM | POC, results in 20 min, can determine the phase of the disease, 99.8% agreement with PCR for non-affected cases | Pharmact (2020) |
| Hangzhou Biotest Biotech | Lateral flow assay | Spike | IgG and IgM | 100% specificity for IgM and IgG, 100% sensitivity for IgM and 93.3% for IgG | (Hangzhou Biotest Biotech Company, 2020) |
| Cellex | Lateral flow assay | Spike and Nucleocapsid | IgG and IgM | 93.8% sensitivity, 96% specificity, return results in 15–20 min | Cellex (2020) |
| ChemBio Diagnostic Systems | Lateral flow assay | Nucleocapsid | IgG and IgM | 100% sensitivity for IgM and IgG after 15 days, 100% specificity for IgM and 95.9% for IgG, return results in 15 min | (ChemBio Diagnostic Systems, 2020) |
| Bio-Rad | ELISA | Nucleocapsid | Pan-Ig | 92.2% sensitivity, 99.6% specificity | Bio-Rad (2020) |
| Mount Sinai | ELISA | receptor binding domain | IgG | Indirect detection of antibody, 92% sensitivity, 100% specificity | Mount Sinai (2020) |
| Euroimmun | ELISA | Spike | IgG | 90% sensitivity, 100% specificity, deliver the result in 2 and a half h | Euroimmun (2020b) |
| Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy | ELISA | receptor binding domain | IgG, IgM, and IgA | 6.7% sensitivity, 97.5% specificity | (Beijing, 2020) |
| CDC | ELISA | Spike | IgG and IgM | ELISA-based, specificity >99%, sensitivity of 96% | (Freeman et al., 2020) |
| The Beroni Group with Tianjin University | – | – | – | Applying nanobody-based technology, improved detection rate and accuracy, high stability, less immunogenic | (Tianjin University, 2020) |