Evaluation of A Rapid IgM-IgG Combined Antibody Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Single Italian Center Study
- 1 Altamedica Main Centre, Italy
- 2 Fetal-Maternal Medical Centre, Italy
Abstract
The need for timely establishment of diagnostic assays of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is demanded in laboratories worldwide. We evaluated the performance of a flow immunoassay which can detect IgM an IgG antibodies simultaneously against SARS-CoV-2 virus in human blood within 15 min. Among the 132 positive novel Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) cases, 126 tests were consistent with previous quantitative Real Time PCR (qRT-PCR) assays. Among the 62 negative cases, 60 were consistent with qRT-PCR assays except for 2 cases. In this study, 2019-nCOV/COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Device showed 95.5% sensitivity and 96.8% specificity. In conclusion, Rapid IgM-IgG Combined Antibody Test showed high detection consistency among all analysed samples. Suggesting that could be used for the rapid screening of SARS-CoV-2 carriers, either symptomatic or asymptomatic.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2020.85.88
Copyright: © 2020 Katia Margiotti, Marina Cupellaro, Sabrina Emili, Alvaro Mesoraca and Claudio Giorlandino. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Rapid IgM-IgG Combined Antibody Test
- Novel Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19)