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The comparability of Anti-Spike SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests is time-dependent: a prospective observational study
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ObjectivesVarious commercial anti-Spike SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests are used for studies and in clinical settings after vaccination. An international standard for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has been established to achieve comparability of such tests, allowing conversions to BAU/ml. This study aimed to investigate the comparability of antibody tests regarding the timing of blood collection after vaccination. MethodsFor this prospective observational study, antibody levels of 50 participants with homologous AZD1222 vaccination were evaluated at 3 and 11 weeks after the first dose and 3 weeks after the second dose using two commercial anti-Spike binding antibody assays (Roche and Abbott) and a surrogate neutralization assay. ResultsThe correlation between Roche and Abbott changed significantly depending on the time point studied. Although 3 weeks after the first dose, Abbott provided values three times higher than Roche, 11 weeks after the first dose, the values for Roche were twice as high as for Abbott, and 3 weeks after the second dose even 5-6 times higher. ConclusionsThe comparability of quantitative anti-Spike SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests is highly dependent on the timing of blood collection after vaccination. Therefore, standardization of the timing of blood collection might be necessary for the comparability of different quantitative SARS-COV-2 antibody assays. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=175 SRC="FIGDIR/small/21262426v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (27K) org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1e789daorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@b83aforg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1f270daorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1cf296c_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG
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English
Year:
2021
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