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. 2022 Mar;28(3):672–683. doi: 10.3201/eid2803.211885

Table 1. Key characteristics of assays evaluated in study of commercially available high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 assays for serosurveillance*.

Manufacturer Assay† Ig target Antigen Assay format Reported units Testing laboratory
Ortho
VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Total Ig Total Ig S1 Double-antigen sandwich CLIA S/CO Vitalant Research Institute
VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG
IgG
S1
Double-antigen sandwich CLIA
S/CO
CTS
EUROIMMUN
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 NCP ELISA IgG N Indirect IgG EIA S/CO Advent Health
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA IgG S1 Antigen sandwich ELISA S/CO
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 QuantiVac ELISA IgG S1 Antigen sandwich ELISA RU/mL
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA
IgA
S1
Antigen sandwich ELISA
S/CO
Roche
Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 N on cobas Total Ig N Double-antigen sandwich CLIA COI University of California–Davis
Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S on cobas
Total Ig
S1/S2/RBD
Double-antigen sandwich CLIA
U/mL
DiaSorin
LIAISON 28 SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG
IgG
TrimericS
IgG magnetic particle CLIA
AU/mL
British Columbia Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Siemens
ADVIA Centaur SARS-CoV-2 Total Ig Total Ig S1/RBD Ag sandwich CLIA S/CO
ADVIA Centaur SARS-CoV-2 IgG
IgG
S1/RBD
Ag sandwich CLIA
Index
Abbott
SARS-CoV-2 IgG N on ARCHITECT IgG N CMIA AU/mL Duke Human Vaccine institute
SARS-CoV-2 IgG S1 on ARCHITECT IgG S1 CMIA S/CO
SARS-CoV-2 IgG N on Alinity IgG N CMIA S/CO Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
SARS-CoV-2 IgG S1 on Alinity
IgG
S1
CMIA
AU/mL
Bio-Rad
Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab (Evolis) Total Ig N One-step antigen capture S/CO BloodWorks NorthWest
BioPlex 2200 SARS-CoV-2 IgG Panel
IgG
RBD, S1, S2, N
Multiplexed microbeads two-step assay
S/CO
Quotient
MosaiQ COVID-19 Antibody Microarray
IgM/IgG
S1/S2
Array
Qualitative only
Diazyme DZ-Lite SARS CoV-2 IgG N & S1/S2 IgG microbead CLIA S/CO
Beckman Coulter Access SARS-CoV-2 IgG IgG S1 RBD IgG 2-step paramagnetic particle CLIA S/CO University of California–Irvine
Wantai SARS-CoV-2 Total Ig Total Ig S1 RBD Total Ig sandwich ELISA S/CO Sanquin

*Ab, antibody; Ag, antigen; AU, arbitrary units; CMIA, chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay; CLIA, chemiluminescent immunoassay;.COVID-19, coronavirus disease; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; Ig, immunoglobulin; N, nucleocapsid; RBD, receptor binding domain; RU, relative units; S, spike protein; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; S/CO, signal to cutoff ratio; †Current US regulatory status available at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-emergency-use-authorizations-medical-devices/in-vitro-diagnostics-euas-serology-and-other-adaptive-immune-response-tests-sars-cov-2.