Importance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 assay antigenic composition as revealed by the results of the Belgian external quality assessment (EQA) scheme

We report on sample IS/17575 since it generated highly divergent results in the Belgian SARS-CoV-2 serology external quality assessment scheme. Sample IS/17575 was serum originating from a 30 years old male patient. 124 diagnostic laboratories analysed this sample. A total of 168 results was returned (including 5 doubles). Overall, 38 were positive. All tests against S1 were positive except the Euroimmun IgG ELISA and the Ortho clinical Diagnostics VITROS IgG CLIA. All tests against S1/S2 (Liaison, Diasorin) resulted in a signal above cutoff. Assays against RBD, mostly generate a negative resu... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Moerman, Alena
Vernelen, Kris
China, Bernard
Capron, Arnaud
Bossche, Dorien Van Den
Mariën, Joachim
Ariën, Kevin
Van Acker, Jos
Delforge, Marc
Reynders, Marijke
Boel, An
Depypere, Melissa
van Gasse, Natasja
Vijgen, Sara
Brauner, Jonathan
Dujardin, Barbara
Padalko, Elizaveta
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Schlagwörter: Pathologie maladies infectieuses / Microbiologie et protistologie [bacteriol.virolog.mycolog.] / Microbiologie et protistologie [entomologie / phytoparasitolog.] / Microbiologie et protistologie [parasitologie hum. et anim.] / external quality assessment scheme / Nucleocapsid protein / receptor-binding domain / SARS-CoV-2 / serology / Spike protein
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26916645
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/335173

We report on sample IS/17575 since it generated highly divergent results in the Belgian SARS-CoV-2 serology external quality assessment scheme. Sample IS/17575 was serum originating from a 30 years old male patient. 124 diagnostic laboratories analysed this sample. A total of 168 results was returned (including 5 doubles). Overall, 38 were positive. All tests against S1 were positive except the Euroimmun IgG ELISA and the Ortho clinical Diagnostics VITROS IgG CLIA. All tests against S1/S2 (Liaison, Diasorin) resulted in a signal above cutoff. Assays against RBD, mostly generate a negative result. An exception are the Wantai SARS-CoV-2 ELISA's. All tests targeting N protein were negative. The survey shows, when >6 months post-infection, assays targeting at least S1, and preferably S1 combined with S2, are the most sensitive. This finding accentuates the necessity of external quality assessment schedules and importance of antigenic composition of serologic SARS-CoV-2 assays. ; SCOPUS: ar.j ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published