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. 2021 Dec 2;26(48):2001690. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.48.2001690

Table 2. Evaluation of ELISA assay performance and IgA and IgG seroprevalence, healthcare worker SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study, Ramat Gan, Israel, 4 April 2020–13 July 2020 (n = 428).

     Test performance      HCW seroprevalence
Antibody type Negative SARS-CoV-2a Early positive COVID-19b Positive COVID-19c All HCW HROW group HRAW group
Positive
/total
Specificity (95% CI) Positive/total Sensitivity (95% CI) Positive
/total
Sensitivity (95% CI) Positive
/total
% (95% CI) Positive/total % (95% CI) Positive/total % (95% CI)
IgA 5/181 97.2 (93.3–98.9) 34/69 49.2 (37.1–61.4) 44/55 80 (66.6–89.1) 27/428 6.3 (4.3–9.2) 14/162 8.6 (5.2–14) 2/97 2 (0.6–7.2)
IgG 3/157 98 (94–99.5) 19/69 27.5 (17.8–39.8) 45/55 81.8 (68.6–90.4) 3/428 0.7 (0.24–2) 1/162 0.6 (0.1–3) 0/97 0 (0–3.8)

CI: confidence interval; COVID-19: coronavirus disease; HCW: healthcare worker; HRAW: high risk at work; HROW: high risk outside work; qRT-PCR: quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a Sera before September 2019.

b Sera from qRT-PCR-positive COVID-19 individuals < 14 days.

c Sera from recovered COVID-19 individuals ≥ 14 days.