A simple point-of-care assay accurately detects anti-spike antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Sarah E. Greene; Yuefang Huang; Wooseob Kim; Mariel J. Liebeskind; Vinay Chandrasekaran; Zhuoming Liu; Parakkal Deepak; Michael A. Paley; Daphne Lew; Monica Yang; Mehrdad Matloubian; Lianne S. Gensler; Mary C. Nakamura; Jane A. O'Hallaran; Rachel M. Presti; Sean P.J. Whelan; William J. Buchser; Alfred H.J. Kim; Gary J. Weil

doi:10.1016/j.jcvp.2023.100135

A simple point-of-care assay accurately detects anti-spike antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Sarah E. Greene, Yuefang Huang, Wooseob Kim, Mariel J. Liebeskind, Vinay Chandrasekaran, Zhuoming Liu, Parakkal Deepak, Michael A. Paley, Daphne Lew, Monica Yang, Mehrdad Matloubian, Lianne S. Gensler, Mary C. Nakamura, Jane A. O'Hallaran, Rachel M. Presti, Sean P.J. Whelan, William J. Buchser, Alfred H.J. Kim, Gary J. Weil

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Objective: Lateral flow assays (LFA) are sensitive for detecting antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 proteins within weeks after infection. This study tested samples from immunocompetent adults, and those receiving treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases (CID), before and after mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Methods: We compared results obtained with the COVIBLOCK Covid-19 LFA to those obtained by anti-spike (S) ELISA. Results: The LFA detected anti-S antibodies in 29 of 29 (100%) of the immunocompetent and 110 of 126 (87.3%) of the CID participants after vaccination. Semiquantitative LFA scores were statistically significantly lower in samples from immunosuppressed participants, and were significantly correlated with anti-S antibody levels measured by ELISA. Conclusions: This simple LFA test is a practical alternative to laboratory-based assays for detecting anti-S antibodies after infection or vaccination. This type of test may be most useful for testing people in outpatient or resource-limited settings.

Original language	English
Article number	100135
Journal	Journal of Clinical Virology Plus
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2023.100135
State	Published - Feb 2023

Keywords

Antibody test
Immunocompromise
SARS-COV-2
Vaccination

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Greene, S. E., Huang, Y., Kim, W., Liebeskind, M. J., Chandrasekaran, V., Liu, Z., Deepak, P., Paley, M. A., Lew, D., Yang, M., Matloubian, M., Gensler, L. S., Nakamura, M. C., O'Hallaran, J. A., Presti, R. M., Whelan, S. P. J., Buchser, W. J., Kim, A. H. J., & Weil, G. J. (2023). A simple point-of-care assay accurately detects anti-spike antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 3(1), Article 100135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2023.100135

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Greene, SE, Huang, Y, Kim, W, Liebeskind, MJ, Chandrasekaran, V, Liu, Z , Deepak, P , Paley, MA , Lew, D, Yang, M, Matloubian, M, Gensler, LS, Nakamura, MC, O'Hallaran, JA, Presti, RM , Whelan, SPJ , Buchser, WJ , Kim, AHJ & Weil, GJ 2023, 'A simple point-of-care assay accurately detects anti-spike antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination', Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, vol. 3, no. 1, 100135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2023.100135

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