Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Sensitivity of three commercial tests for SARS-CoV-2 serology in children: an Italian multicentre prospective study. |
| Authors: |
Venturini, Elisabetta, Giometto, Sabrina, Tamborino, Agnese, Becciolini, Laura, Bosis, Samantha, Corsello, Giovanni, Del Barba, Paolo, Garazzino, Silvia, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Pugi, Alessandra, Signa, Sara, Stera, Giacomo, Trapani, Sandra, Castelli Gattinara, Guido, Lucenteforte, Ersilia, Galli, Luisa |
| Source: |
Italian Journal of Pediatrics; 12/2/2022, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p |
| Subject Terms: |
STATISTICS, BIOMARKERS, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, CONFIDENCE intervals, SERODIAGNOSIS, MULTIPLE regression analysis, CHEMILUMINESCENCE assay, COMPARATIVE studies, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay, SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics), POISSON distribution, LONGITUDINAL method, CHILDREN |
| Geographic Terms: |
ITALY |
| Company/Entity: |
UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration |
| Abstract: |
Background: US Food and Drug Administration has issued Emergency Use Authorizations for hundreds of serological assays to support Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate, for the first time in children, the performance of three widely utilized SARS-CoV-2 serology commercial assays, Diesse Diagnostics (IgG, IgA, IgM) and Roche Diagnostics, both Roche Nucleocapsid (N) IgG and Roche Spike (S) IgG assays. Methods: Sensitivity and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated for each of the three different serological tests and mixed and direct comparison were performed. Univariate and multivariate Poisson regression models were fitted to calculate incidence rate ratios and 95% CIs as estimate of the effects of age, gender, time on the serology title. A p-value < 0.05 indicated statistical significance. Results: Overall, 149 children were enrolled in the study. A low sensitivity was found for Diesse IgA, IgM and IgG. Compare to Diesse, Roche S had a higher sensitivity at 15–28 days from infection (0.94, 95%CI: 0.73–1.0) and Roche N at 28–84 days (0.78, 95%CI: 0.58–0.91). When a direct comparison of IgG tests sensitivity was feasible for patients with pairwise information, Roche S and Roche N showed a statistically significant higher sensitivity compared to Diesse in all the study periods, whereas there was no difference between the two Roche tests. Conclusion: Roche S and Roche N serology tests seem to better perform in children. Large prospective studies are needed to better define the characteristics of those tests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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