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. 2022 Jun 22;8(1):e10356. doi: 10.1002/btm2.10356

TABLE 3.

Summary of antigen–antibody‐based serology tests for SARS‐CoV‐2(EUAs)

Detection target Collected samples Clinical Performance Manufacturer Detection principle Diagnostic Source
IgM and IgG Plasma, serum

PPA (≤6 days, 7–14 days, >14 Days, Days from Symptoms Onset to Blood Collection): IgM: 100%, 85.71%, 99.25%; IgG: 0.00%, 76.19%, 98.50%; NPA: IgM/IgG: 99.43%

Hangzhou Laihe Biotech Co., Ltd. Lateral Flow (Colloidal Gold) LYHER Novel Coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) IgM/IgG Antibody Combo Test Kit 146
Human venous/fingerstick whole blood, serum, plasma

PPA (0–7 days, 8–14 days, ≥15 days):

(1) Serum: IgM: 100%, 86.7%, 84%; IgG: 87.5%, 86.7%, 100%

(2) Whole Blood: IgM: 100%, 100%, 100%; IgG: 100%,100%,100%; NPA: 99.04%

Assure Tech. (Hangzhou Co., Ltd) Lateral Flow (Colloidal Gold) Assure COVID‐19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Device 147
Human venous whole blood, plasma or serum

Either IgG+ or IgM+: PPA: 96.7% (95% CI: 90.7–98.9%)

NPA: 97.0% (95% CI: 91.6–99.0%)

Healgen Scientific LLC Lateral Flow (Colloidal Gold) COVID‐19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette (Whole Blood/Serum/Plasma) 148
Human serum and serum

Total IgM and IgG Combined PPA: 93.94% (≤ 7: 43.75%, 8–14: 93.40%, ≥15: 100%, Days post symptom onset)

NPA: 98.67%

Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co., Ltd. CLIA MAGLUMI 2019‐nCoV IgM/IgG 149
Human serum, acid citrate dextrose (ACD) plasma, fingerstick whole blood

PPA(0–7, 8–14, ≥ 15, Days of Symptoms Onset): IgM:76.9%, IgG:75.9%

NPA: IgM:99.6%, IgG:99.3%

Megna Health, Inc. Lateral Flow Rapid COVID‐19 IgM/IgG Combo Test Kit 150
Human serum and acid citrate dextrose (ACD) plasma

Overall PPA: 97.14%

NPA: 100%

Jiangsu Well Biotech Co., Ltd. Lateral Flow Orawell IgM/IgG Rapid Test 151
Human serum, plasma, venous whole blood

PPA(0–7, 8–14, ≥15, Days from Symptom Onset):

(1) IgG: 0%, 56.6%, 96.21%

(2) IgM: 33.33%, 83.02%, 97.73%

NPA: IgM:99.46%, IgG:100%

Biohit Healthcare (Hefei) Co. Ltd. Lateral Flow Biohit SARS‐CoV‐2 IgM/IgG Antibody Test Kit 152
Total Neutralizing Antibodies Human serum and plasma

Total PPA: 96.0% (<7: NA, 8–14: 85.7%, >15: 97.7%, Days Between Onset of Symptoms and Specimen Draw)

NPA: 98. 9%

ZEUS Scientific, Inc. Indirect ELISA ZEUS ELISA SARS‐CoV‐2 Total Antibody Test System 153
Human serum and plasma

PPA: 96.2% (87.3–99.0%)

NPA: 96.3% (89.8–98.8%)

InBios International, Inc. Qualitative competitive inhibition ELISA SCoV‐2 Detect Neutralizing Ab ELISA 154
Human venous/fingerstick whole blood, plasma, serum

Serum and Plasma Samples: PPA (≤7, 8–14, ≥15, Days post‐RT‐PCR test): 94.9%, 96.0%, 100%

NPA: 97.9%

NOWDiagnostics, Inc. Lateral Flow (Colloidal Gold) ADEXUSDx COVID‐19 test 155
Human serum and plasma

LoB: 0.30 U/ml, LoD: 0.35 U/ml

LoQ: 0.40 U/ml, PPA (0–7, 8–14, ≥ 15, Days after PCR positive result): 90.6%, 87.0%, 96.6%, NPA: 99.98%

Roche Diagnostics, Inc. ECLIA Elecsys anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2S 156
Human serum and plasma

Overall PPA: 93.85% (0–7: 66.67%, 8–14: 92.31%, > 15: 95.92%, Number of days after symptom onset)

NPA:97.83%

QIAGEN, GmbH Digital lateral flow QIAreach anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 total test 157
Human serum and plasma

Serum: PPA:98.86%; NPA:100%

Plasma: PPA:100%; NPA: 95.6%

Bio‐Rad Laboratories, Inc. ELISA Platelia SARS‐CoV‐2 total Ab assay 158
IgG Human serum LoB: 0.029 μg/ml, LoD: 0.051 μg/ml, LoQ: 0.213 μg/ml, PPA (0–7, 8–14, ≥ 15, Days from positive PCR test): 45.16%, 87.50%, 100.00%, NPA: 99.19% Quanterix Corporation Paramagnetic microbead‐based sandwich ELISA Simoa semi‐quantitative SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG antibody test 159
Human serum, plasma

Total PPA: 92.7%(≤7: 75.8%, 8–14: 95.3%, ≥15: 96.8%, >18: 100%, Days between positive PCR and Sample Collection)

NPA: 99.6%

Beckman Coulter, Inc. CLIA Access SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG 160
Human serum

PPA(0–7, 8–14, ≥15, Days from positive PCR): 73.01%, 100%, 100%

NPA (Two clinical studies): 97.68% (379/388), 94.4% (236/250)

Emory Medical Laboratories ELISA SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD IgG test 161
Serum and plasma

PPA (0–7, 8–14, ≥15):

(1) Days post‐symptom onset: 49.33%, 82.61%, 98.11% (2) Days post‐positive PCR: 56.07%, 95.77%, 97.56%

NPA:99.55%

Abbott Laboratories Inc. CMIA AdviseDx SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG II 162
Human serum and plasma

PPA(0–7, 8–14, ≥15, Days Post Agreement Symptom Onset): 61.9%, 92.9%, 100%

NPA: 100%

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. CLIA Dimension EXL SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG (CV2G) 163
Human serum or plasma

PPA (≥15, Days post PCR confirmation): 93.3%

NPA:99.2%

EUROIMMUN US, Inc. ELISA EUROIMMUN Anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2S1 Curve ELISA (IgG) 164
IgM human serum and plasma

PPA (0–7, 8–14, ≥15, Days from Symptom Onset): 26.1%, 83.3%, 94.4%

NPA:98.3%

Diazyme Laboratories, Inc. CLIA Diazyme DZ‐Lite SARS‐CoV‐2 IgM CLIA Kit 165

Abbreviations: LoB, limit of blank; LoD, limit of detection; LoQ, limit of quantitation; NPA, negative percent agreement, specificity; PPA, positive percent agreement, sensitivity.