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. 2021 May 10;8(7):ofab239. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab239
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Group Euro S1-IgA Euro S1-IgG Euro NCP-IgG sVNT (20% c/o) svnt-20 (20% c/o/equ) svnt-25 (25% c/o) Wantai IgM Wantai Total Ab
Sensitivity Overall % Agreement (% Best, % Worst)
Panel A Panel B
Infected RT-PCR pos 80% (62%, 91%) 79% (61%, 92%) 84% (66%, 95%) 84% (65%, 95%) 83% (64%, 94%) 81% (62%, 94%) 91% (67%, 99%) 86% (62%, 97%)
Days from symptom onset % Agreement (95% CI) [Pos/Total]
<7 days 57% 67% 75% 71% 71% 71% 90% 80%
(34%, 78%) (43%, 85%) (51%, 91%) (48%, 89%) (48%, 89%) (48%, 89%) (55%, 100%) (44%, 97%)
[12 / 21] [14 / 21] [15 / 20] [15 / 21] [15 / 21] [15 / 21] [9 / 10] [8 / 10]
7–14 days 85% 77% 81% 85% 85% 81% 89% 79%
(65%, 96%) (56%, 91%) (61%, 93%) (65%, 96%) (65%, 96%) (61%, 93%) (67%, 99%) (54%, 94%)
[22 / 26] [20 / 26] [21 / 26] [22 / 26] [22 / 26] [21 / 26] [17 / 19] [15 / 19]
>14 days 97% 95% 97% 95% 92% 92% 93% 98%
(86%, 100%) (82%, 99%) (86%, 100%) (82%, 99%) (79%, 98%) (79%, 98%) (80%, 98%) (87%, 100%)
[37 / 38] [36 / 38] [37 / 38] [36 / 38] [35 / 38] [35 / 38] [38 / 41] [40 / 41]
Specificity % Agreement (95% CI) [Pos/Total]
Population 55% 90% 100% 100% 100% 70% 100% 100%
(32%, 77%) (68%, 99%) (83%, 100%) (83%, 100%) (83%, 100%) (46%, 88%) (77%, 100%) (77%, 100%)
[11 / 20] [18 / 20] [20 / 20] [20 / 20] [20 / 20] [14 / 20] [14 / 14] [14 / 14]
Cross-reactive 75% 80% 50% 80% 80% 40% 0% 0%
(19%, 99%) (28%, 99%) (6.8%, 93%) (28%, 99%) (28%, 99%) (5.3%, 85%) (0%, 98%) (0%, 98%)
[3 / 4] [4 / 5] [2 / 4] [4 / 5] [4 / 5] [2 / 5] [0 / 1] [0 / 1]

Abbreviations: Ab, antibody; c/o, cutoff; equ, equivocal; Euro, Euroimmun; Ig, immunoglobulin; NCP, nucleocapsid; pos, positive; sVNT; GenScript surrogate virus neutralization test.

aGroup A—49% of sera (>14 days–post symptom onset); Group B—69% of sera (>14 days post–symptom onset).

bGroup A—49% of sera (>14 days post–symptom onset); Group B—69% of sera (>14 days post–symptom onset)