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. 2022 Nov 17;2022(11):CD013652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013652.pub2
Test name Test name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Convalescent
Test brand Test brand Test groups (true positives/COVID cases)
Sensitivity (95% CI)
Assays targeting IgA alone
ELISA
Euroimmun Anti‐SARS‐COV‐2 IgA 19 (260/587) 18 (490/660) 16 (334/385) 17 (866/989)
    44.0
(34.0, 54.6)
76.7
(69.8, 82.4)
92.7
(85.0, 96.6)
87.7
(84.5, 90.3)
Gold Standard Diagnostics Gold Standard SARS‐CoV‐2 IgA ELISA       1 (18/123)
          14.6a
(8.9, 22.1)*
Mediagnost Mediagnost Anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 ELISA IgA       1 (28/46)
          60.9a
(45.4, 74.9)*
RayBiotech Covid‐19 human ELISA IgA 1 (1/35)      
    2.9a
(0.1, 14.9)*
     
CLIA
Beijing Wantai Wantai CLIA IgA assay 1 (18/31) 1 (25/29) 1 (36/38) 1 (39/47)
    58.1a
(39.1, 75.5)*
86.2a
(68.3, 96.1)*
94.7a
(82.3, 99.4)*
83.0a
(69.2, 92.4)*
Other/unclear
Genalyte Maverick SARS‐CoV‐2 Multi‐Antigen Serology Panel IgA (S‐based) 1 (15/48) 1 (41/81) 1 (28/39) 1 (6/26)
    31.2 (18.7, 46.3) 50.6 (39.3, 61.9) 71.8 (55.1, 85.0) 23.1 (9.0, 43.6)
Genalyte Maverick SARS‐CoV‐2 Multi‐Antigen Serology Panel IgA (N‐based) 1 (11/48) 1 (42/81) 1 (26/39)  
    22.9 (12.0, 37.3) 51.9 (40.5, 63.1) 66.7 (49.8, 80.9) 1 (2/26)
Vibrant America Vibrant COVID‐19 Ab IgA 1 (220/330) 1 (276/330)   7.7 (0.9, 25.1)
    66.7a
(61.3, 71.7)*
83.6a
(79.2, 87.5)*
   
Assays targeting IgA or IgG
Euroimmun anti‐SARS‐COV‐2 IgA/IgG ELISA 6 (87/167) 5 (141/170) 5 (118/125) 4 (149/157)
    49.6
(35.1, 64.0)
82.9
(76.5, 87.9)
94.4
(88.7, 97.3)
94.9
(90.1, 97.4)
Assays targeting IgA or IgM
Vircell COVID‐19 ELISA IgM+IgA 1 (49/52) 1 (36/36)   1 (43/44)
    94.2a
(84.1, 98.8)*
100a
(90.3, 100)**
  97.7a
(88.0, 99.9)*
aEstimates 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
Ab: antibodyCI: confidence intervals
CGIA: colloidal gold immunoassayCLIA: chemiluminescence immunoassay
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acidELISA: enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay
FIA: fluorescence immunoassay
LFA: lateral flow assayMIA: magnetic immunoassay
RT‐PCR: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction