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

Tests. Data tables by test.

Test No. of studies No. of participants
1 IgG (1 to 7 days) 189 6679
2 IgG (8 to 14 days) 202 9078
3 IgG (15 to 21 days) 190 5027
4 IgG (22 to 28 days) 42 940
5 IgG (29 to 35 days) 21 531
6 IgM (1 to 7 days) 126 4492
7 IgM (8 to 14 days) 122 5577
8 IgM (15 to 21 days) 118 3231
9 IgM (22 to 28 days) 23 411
10 IgM (29 to 35 days) 9 220
11 IgA (1 to 7 days) 24 1079
12 IgA (8 to 14 days) 22 1181
13 IgA (15 to 21 days) 19 501
14 IgA (22 to 28 days) 5 63
15 IgA (29 to 35 days) 1 4
16 Total antibodies (Ab) (1 to 7 days) 27 1010
17 Total antibodies (Ab) (8 to 14 days) 29 1030
18 Total antibodies (Ab) (15 to 21 days) 33 1016
19 Total antibodies (Ab) (22 to 28 days) 7 233
20 Total antibodies (Ab) (29 to 35 days) 6 147
21 IgA/IgG (1 to 7 days) 6 167
22 IgA/IgG (8 to 14 days) 5 170
23 IgA/IgG (15 to 21 days) 5 125
24 IgA/IgG (22 to 28 days) 2 74
25 IgA/IgG (29 to 35 days) 1 4
26 IgA/IgM (1 to 7 days) 1 52
27 IgA/IgM (8 to 15 days) 1 36
28 IgG/IgM (1 to 7 days) 103 3881
29 IgG/IgM (8 to 14 days) 96 3948
30 IgG/IgM (15 to 21 days) 103 2929
31 IgG/IgM (22 to 28 days) 28 734
32 IgG/IgM (29 to 35 days) 14 225
33 IgG asymptomatic (1 to 14 days post‐RT‐PCR‐positive) 9 208
34 IgG asymptomatic (> 14 days post‐RT‐PCR) 9 105
35 IgG asymptomatic (no timing) 9 155
36 IgM asymptomatic (1 to 14 days post‐RT‐PCR‐positive) 6 144
37 IgM asymptomatic (> 14 days post‐RT‐PCR) 1 27
38 IgM asymptomatic (no timing) 2 28
39 IgG/IgM asymptomatic (1 to 14 days post‐RT‐PCR‐positive) 2 68
40 IgG/IgM asymptomatic (no timing) 2 81
41 Total antibodies (Ab) asymptomatic (1 to 14 days post‐RT‐PCR‐positive) 4 52
42 Total antibodies (Ab) asymptomatic (> 14 days post‐RT‐PCR) 3 42
43 Total antibodies (Ab) asymptomatic (no timing) 2 20
44 IgA asymptomatic (1 to 14 days post‐RT‐PCR‐positive) 3 64
45 IgA asymptomatic (> 14 days post‐RT‐PCR) 1 27
46 IgG convalescent 253 16846
47 IgM convalescent 125 7124
48 IgA convalescent 22 1257
49 IgA/IgG convalescent 4 157
50 IgG/IgM convalescent 108 3571
51 IgA/IgM convalescent 1 44
52 Total antibodies (Ab) convalescent 58 7063
53 IgG Specificity Pre‐pandemic 179 38090
54 IgM Specificity Pre‐pandemic 83 15126
55 IgA Specificity Pre‐pandemic 17 1711
56 IgG/IgM Specificity Pre‐pandemic 68 9262
57 IgA/IgM Specificity Pre‐pandemic 1 56
58 IgA/IgG Specificity Pre‐pandemic 2 106
59 Total antibodies (Ab) Specificity Pre‐pandemic 45 12207
60 IgG Specificity COVID suspects 19 1569
61 IgM Specificity COVID suspects 9 597
62 IgA Specificity COVID suspects 4 385
63 IgG/IgM Specificity COVID suspects 18 1887
64 Total antibodies (Ab) Specificity COVID suspects 4 540
65 IgG Specificity current RT‐PCR‐negative 29 7336
66 IgM Specificity current RT‐PCR‐negative 20 2735
67 IgG/IgM Specificity current RT‐PCR‐negative 7 359
68 Total antibodies (Ab) Specificity current RT‐PCR‐negative 4 364
69 IgG Specificity current untested 16 2561
70 IgM Specificity current untested 10 2195
71 IgA Specificity current untested 2 204
72 IgG/IgM Specificity current untested 6 713
73 Total antibodies (Ab) Specificity current untested 3 1329
74 IgG Specificity other/mixed/unclear 28 7384
75 IgM Specificity other/mixed/unclear 19 7153
76 IgA Specificity other/mixed/unclear 6 5649
77 IgA/IgG Specificity other/mixed/unclear 3 256
78 IgG/IgM Specificity other/mixed/unclear 20 1887
79 Total antibodies (Ab) Specificity other/mixed/unclear 3 5388
80 IgG Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 96 6176
81 IgM Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 44 2625
82 IgA Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 5 311
83 IgG or IgM Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 36 2175
84 IgA or IgG Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 2 219
85 Total Ab Specificity ‐ cross‐reactivity/confounder panel 22 1411
86 IgG (36 to 42 days) 10 194
87 IgG (43 to 49 days) 5 46
88 IgG (50‐56 days) 5 51
89 IgM (36 to 42 days) 6 118
90 IgM (43 to 49 days) 4 34
91 IgM (50 to 56 days) 4 37
92 IgA (36 to 42 days) 1 2
93 IgA/IgG (36 to 42 days) 1 2
94 IgG/IgM (36 to 42 days) 4 62
95 IgG/IgM (43 to 49 days) 4 35
96 IgG/IgM (50 to 56 days) 4 38