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. 2022 Nov 17;2022(11):CD013652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013652.pub2

10. Sensitivity and specificity by brand (IgG, IgG or IgM, total Ab).

Target antibody
Method
Test brand Test name Antigen 95% CI > 90%a
(Yes/No)
Convalescent
N evaluations
(N samples)
Sensitivity (%, 95% CI) 95%CI > 96%b Pre‐pandemic
N evaluations
(N samples)
Specificity (%, 95% CI)c
IgG alone
CLIA Autobio Diagnostics SARS‐CoV‐2 CLIA Microparticles IgM/IgG S Y 1 (271/273) 99.3(97.4, 99.9) N   no data
LFA Qingdao HIGHTOP SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG/IgM Ab Rapid Test N, S Y 1 (216/229) 94.3 (90.5, 96.9) N 1 (149/150) 99.3 (96.3, 100)
LFA Sure Biotech SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG/IgM Antibody Rapid Test N, S Y 2 (226/235) 96.2 (92.8, 98.0) N 2 (370/378) 98.7 (87.2, 99.9)
CLIA Abbott Diagnostics Abbott Architect anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid IgG/IgM N Y 33 (1824/1977) 92.5 (90.3, 94.3) Y 24 (7460/7483) 99.7 (99.5, 99.8)
CLIA Shenzhen YHLO Biotech YHLO iFlash IgG/IgM assay N, S Y 5 (260/268) 97.0 (94.1, 98.5) Y 2 (657/661) 99.4 (98.4, 99.8)
LFA Augurix SA SimtomaX Corona Check IgG N, S N 1 (124/220) 56.4 (49.5, 63.0) Y 1 (267/268) 99.6 (97.9, 100)
LFA bioMerieux Vidas SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG S (RBD) N 2 (101/107) 94.4 (88.1, 97.5) Y 2 (1084/1085) 99.9 (99.3, 100)
LFA Biopanda COVID‐19 Rapid Ab test N, S N 1 (102/163) 62.6 (54.7, 70.0) Y 1 (499/500) 99.8 (98.9, 1.00)
LFA Dynamiker Biotechnology 2019‐nCOV IgG Rapid Test N < 100 1 (72/75) 96.0(88.8, 99.2) Y 1 (395/403) 98.0(96.1, 99.1)
LFA Fortress Diagnostics COVID‐19 Total Ab S N 1 (258/307) 84.0 (79.5, 88.0) Y 1 (493/500) 98.6 (97.1, 99.4)
LFA SD Biosensor COVID‐19 IgG Duo N < 100 4 (50/69) 74.2 (52.1, 88.3) Y 4 (1125/1127) 99.8 (96.2, 100)
ELISA Beijing Wantai ELISA IgG assay S < 100 2 (57/58) 98.3 (90.8, 99.9) Y 1 (195/197) 99.0(96.4, 99.9)
ELISA Eagle Biosciences COVID‐19 IgG Quantitative ELISA N N 1 (539/1134) 47.5 (44.6, 50.5) Y 1 (429/437) 98.2 (96.4, 99.2)
ELISA Epitope Diagnostics EDI nCov COVID‐19 IgM ELISA kit N N 13 (780/934) 87.7 (78.1, 93.4) Y 13 (2892/3014) 98.0 (96.2, 99.0)
ELISA EUROIMMUN anti‐SARS‐COV‐2 IgG ELISA S (S1) N 41 (2200/2442) 90.8 (88.6, 92.7) Y 29 (4998/5144) 98.4 (97.5, 98.9)
CLIA Abbott Diagnostics Abbott Alinity anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid IgG N N 2 (149/163) 91.3 (83.8, 95.5) Y 2 (636/640) 99.4 (98.3, 99.8)
CLIA Beckman Coulter Beckman Coulter ‐ Access SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG S (RBD) < 100 2 (78/94) 92.4 (38.8, 99.6) Y 1 (396/399) 99.2(97.8, 99.8)
CLIA DiaSorin LIAISON SARS‐CoV‐2 S1/S1 IgG CLIA S N 21 (1523/1735) 88.1 (84.1, 91.2) Y 16 (4290/4367) 98.6 (97.8, 99.1)
CLIA Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS Anti‐SARS‐Cov‐2 Total assay IgG S (S1) N 3 (201/221) 92.3 (80.8, 97.1) Y 3 (1139/1141) 99.8(99.3, 100)
CLIA SNIBE MAGLUMI 2019‐nCoV IgG kits N, S N 7 (325/369) 89.9 (83.3, 94.1) Y 7 (1801/1818) 99.1 (98.5, 99.4)
Other ET Healthcare Pylon 3D automated immunoassay system IgG N, S < 100 2 (37/37) 100(90.5, 100) Y 1 (316/320) 98.8(96.8, 99.7)
IgG or IgM
LFA SureScreen Diagnostics COVID‐19 Coronavirus Rapid Test Cassette IgG/IgM S Y 3 (248/257) 96.5 (93.4, 98.2) Y 2 (497/500) 99.4 (98.2, 99.8)
LFA Guangzhou Wondfo SARS‐CoV‐2 Antibody Test S N 6 (211/265) 85.1 (69.0, 93.6) Y 4 (1644/1648) 99.8 (98.8, 100)
LFA SD Biosensor COVID‐19 IgG Duo N < 100 1 (6/7) 85.7(42.1, 99.6) Y 1 (933/942) 99.0(98.2, 99.6)
LFA NG Biotech NG‐Test IgG COVID‐19 N N   no data Y 2 (274/276) 99.3 (97.2, 99.8)
ELISA Epitope Diagnostics Inc. EDI nCov COVID‐19 IgM ELISA kit N < 100 2 (42/50) 84.0 (71.1, 91.8) Y 4 (1159/1184) 97.9 (96.9, 98.6)
Total Ab
ELISA Beijing Wantai ELISA Total‐Ab assay S (RBD) Y 8 (1562/1649) 95.7 (92.6, 97.5) Y 8 (2009/2020) 99.5 (99.0, 99.7)
CLIA Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS anti‐SARS‐Cov‐2 Total assay S (S1) Y 2 (192/200) 96.0 (92.2, 98.0) Y 2 (995/997) 99.8 (98.5, 100)
CLIA Roche Diagnostics Elecsys anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 antibody assay N Y 34 (3669/3916) 93.4 (91.1, 95.1) Y 25 (5569/5579) 99.8 (99.7, 99.9)
CLIA Siemens Healthcare Siemens Atellica Total‐Ab assay S (RBD) Y 7 (979/1009) 96.7 (94.2 98.1) Y 6 (2435/2439) 99.9 (99.3, 100)
CLIA Xiamen InnoDx 2019‐nCoV antibody test kit Total‐Ab S (RBD) < 100 1 (37/38) 97.4(86.2, 99.9) Y 1 (267/270) 98.9(96.8, 99.8)
CLIA Siemens Healthcare Siemens Vista Total‐Ab assay S (RBD) N 1 (94/116) 81.0 (72.7, 87.7) Y 1 (596/596) 100 (99.4, 100)
Other Luminex SARS‐CoV‐2 MIA Total Ab N < 100 1 (19/19) 100(82.4, 100) Y 1 (254/256) 99.2(97.2, 99.9)
a pre‐set criteria for sensitivity were assay evaluation in ≥ 200 samples and lower bound of 95% CI for sensitivity was 90% or higher
b pre‐set criteria for specificity were assay evaluation in ≥ 200 samples, point estimate for specificity ≥ 98% and lower bound of 95% CI was 96% or higher
c sensitivity and specificity estimates per brand are not necessarily paired estimates from the same set of studies (i.e. were not calculated from the same meta‐analytic model) but were calculated separately using univariate analyses such that there may be differences in the set of studies contributing to sensitivity and to specificity for any given test brand (although there will be overlap between them).

CI: confidence interval
CGIA: colloidal gold immunoassay
CLIA: chemiluminescent immunoassay
ELISA: enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
FIA: fluorescence immunoassay
LFA: lateral flow assay
N: nucleocapsid antigen
RBD: receptor binding domain
RT‐PCR: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
S: soluble antigen