ISSN: 2691-5782
Authors: M Bass, J Bolodeoku*, E Stevenson, C Anyaeche, TK Kim and V Retnasingham
Background: The Boditech iCHROMA™ point of care immunoassay analyser has a Covid-19 antibody assay for the qualitative determination of IgG/IgM antibodies in human whole blood/serum/plasma. It is helpful as an aid in the screening of early mild asymptomatic or acute patients for identifying Covid-19 infection with high sensitivity. Objectives: To determine the clinical agreement (sensitivity and specificity) of the Boditech iCHROMA™ Covid-19 antibody assay and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay for the qualitative detection of IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum and plasma. Results: Of the 50 plasma samples, 20 (40%) of the plasma samples assayed were reported as positive by both the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay and the Boditech iCHROMA™ Covid-19 IgG antibody assay. The remaining 30 (60%) of the plasma samples were reported as negative by Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody assay. However, the Boditech iCHROMA™ Covid-19 IgG antibody assay, reported only 27 of the 30 (90%) samples as negative. Conclusion: There was an overall agreement of 95%, with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 90% of the Boditech iCHROMA™ Covid-19 IgG antibody assay and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay.
Keywords: iCHROMA™; Abbott; COVID-19; IgG antibody
