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. 2022 Feb 4;16(2):e0010152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010152

Table 9. Subgroup analysis for commercial tests.

Manufacturer Number of studies Sample size Pooled Sensitivity Sensitivity reported by manufacturer Pooled Specificity Specificity reported by manufacturer
Percentage [95% CI] I2
[95% CI]
Percentage [95% CI] I2
[95% CI]
ELISA-based
Anti-CHIKV ELISA (IgM) Euroimmun Lübeck, Germany 6 895 95.3
[92.9; 97.0]
25.5% [0.0; 64.0] 98.1 95.2
[84.9; 98.6]
66.6% [20.3; 86.0] 98.9
Anti-CHIKV ELISA (IgG) Euroimmun Lübeck, Germany 3 295 95.5
[91.6; 97.6]
30.4% [0.0; 92.8] NA 91.5
[78.0; 97.1]
55.0% [0.0; 87.2] NA
SD Chikungunya IgM ELISA Standard Diagnostics Inc., Yongin-si, Korea 2 336 65.3
[28.9; 89.8]
93.9% [80.7; 98.1] 93.6 90.9
[86.7; 93.9]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 95.9
Anti-Chikungunya Virus IgM Human ELISA Kit Abcam, UK 2 116 100
[0; 100]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] >90 97.7
[85.6; 99.7]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] >90
CHIKjj Detect MAC-ELISA InBios, Seattle, WA, USA 3 378 98.6
[64.9; 100]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] >90 92.0
[87.9; 94.8]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] >90
Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)
Anti-CHIKV IIFT (IgG) Euroimmun Lübeck, Germany 2 243 96.0
[89.9; 98.5]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 95 99.1 [61; 100] 0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 96
Anti-CHIKV IIFT (IgM) Euroimmun Lübeck, Germany 4 499 98.1
[91.5; 99.6]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 100 98.6
[95.8; 99.5]
0.0% [0.0; 72.6] 96
Rapid test
On-site CHIK IgM Combo Rapid test CTK Biotech Inc., San Diego, CA, USA 3 145 27.9
[10.8; 55.2]
81.0% [40.5; 93.9] 90.4 98.7
[84.9; 99.9]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 98
SD BIOLINE Chikungunya IgM Standard Diagnostics Inc., Yongin-si, Korea 3 216 19.1
[0.6; 90.0]
80.7% [39.4; 93.8] 97.1 73.3
[63.8; 81.0]
0.0% [0.0; 0.0] 98.9

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NA, not available; I2, Inconsistency.