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. 2022 Nov 17;2022(11):CD013652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013652.pub2
  Test groups (true positives/COVID cases)
Sensitivity (95% CI)
Target Days 1‐7
(week 1)
Days 8‐14
(week 2)
Days 15‐21
(week 3)
Days 22‐28
(week 4)
Days 29‐35
(week 5)
Convalescent
IgAa 24 (525/1079) 22 (874/1181) 19 (424/501) 5 (52/63) 1 (4/4) 22 (959/1257)
44.3
(36.2, 52.8)
72.9
(65.6, 79.2)
86.6
(81.2, 90.6)
89.1
(79.2, 94.6)
100a
(39.8, 100)*
82.3
(70.0, 90.3)
             
IgA/IgGa 6 (87/167) 5 (141/170) 5 (118/125) 2 (73/74) 1 (4/4) 4 (149/157)
48.8
(36.0, 61.8)
80.8
(70.1, 88.4)
95.6
(89.9, 98.1)
99.2
(94.1, 99.9)
100a
(39.8, 100)**
94.9
(90.1, 97.4)
IgA/IgM 1 (49/52) 1 (36/36)       1 (43/44)
94.2
(83.6, 98.1)
100a
(90.3, 100)**
      97.7a (88.0, 99.9)
aP value for comparison across week to week 5 obtained using ‘melogit’; both P < 0.0001
bEstimates and confidence intervals by summing the counts of true positive and false negative across 2 x 2 tables
*95% exact binomial confidence interval
**97.5% one‐sided exact binomial confidence interval
CI: confidence interval