First external quality assurance of antibody diagnostic for SARS-new coronavirus

Matthias Niedrig; Katrin Leitmeyer; Wilina Lim; Malik Peiris; John S. Mackenzie; Maria Zambon

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2005.01.004

First external quality assurance of antibody diagnostic for SARS-new coronavirus

Matthias Niedrig^*, Katrin Leitmeyer, Wilina Lim, Malik Peiris, John S. Mackenzie, Maria Zambon

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Respiratory Virus Unit

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Abstract

To confirm an infection with the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV) causing the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) diagnostic assays for detection of SARS-CoV specific antibody are necessary. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of laboratories an external quality assurance (EQA) study was performed in 2004. Participating laboratories (9/20) correctly detected anti-SARS antibodies in serum samples without false positive results in an immunofluorescence assay. In contrast, only 4/13 laboratories detected most of the anti-SARS antibody positive samples without false positive results using enzyme immunoassays (EIA) and/or immunoblot. The overall results clearly demonstrate that serological diagnosis of SARS-CoV remains at an early stage of development, with further technical improvements required, particularly with respect to the use of SARS specific EIAs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-25
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2005.01.004
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005

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The work was partially supported by the EC grant SPC 20002396. The author especially thanks Dr. Angela Merianos, the SARS focal point at WHO, Geneva for providing information and support.

Keywords

Antibody diagnostic
EQA
External quality assurance
SARS

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