Evaluation of a peptide-based enzyme immunoassay for anti-SARS coronavirus IgG antibody |
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Authors: | Chan Paul K S To W K Liu Esther Y M Ng T K Tam John S Sung Joseph J Y Lacroix Jean-Michel Houde Michel |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. paulkschan@cuhk.edu.hk |
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Abstract: | High throughput assays for anti-SARS-CoV IgG antibody detection are need for large-scale epidemiologic studies. The performance of a microplate enzyme immunoassay, DETECT-SARS was evaluated for the detection of anti-SARS-CoV IgG antibody. This assay is based on synthetic peptides derived from the nucleocapsid and spike proteins. The results showed that the assay provided a high degree of sensitivity (95.9%) for convalescent serum samples. The level of specificity was close to 90%, and did not show significant variation among different control groups. The high degree of sensitivity together with the high-throughput nature makes it advantageous as a screening assay for studies where handling of a large number of specimens is required. |
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Keywords: | coronavirus enzyme immunoassay IgG SARS serology |
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