Diagnostic Performance and Comparative Evaluation of the Architect, Liaison, and Platelia Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Assays
- Authors
- Park, Younhee; Park, Borae G.; Ha, Jihye; Kim, Hyon-Suk
- Issue Date
- 9월-2018
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC LABORATORY MEDICINE
- Keywords
- Epstein-Barr virus; Assay; Diagnostic performance; DNA; Antibody; Immunoglobulin
- Citation
- ANNALS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE, v.38, no.5, pp.458 - 465
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- ANNALS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
- Volume
- 38
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 458
- End Page
- 465
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/73638
- DOI
- 10.3343/alm.2018.38.5.458
- ISSN
- 2234-3806
- Abstract
- Background: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the most prevalent causes of viral infection in humans. EBV infection stage (acute, past, or absent infection) is typically determined using a combination of assays that detect EBV-specific markers, such as IgG and IgM antibodies against the EBV viral capsid antigen (VCA) and IgG antibodies against the EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA). We compared the diagnostic performance and agreement of results between three commercial EBV antibody assays using an EBV performance panel (SeraCare Life Science, Milford, MA, USA) as a reference. Methods: EBV antibody tests of EBV VCA IgM, VCA IgG, and EBNA IgG antibodies were performed by the Architect (Abbott Diagnostics, Wiesbaden, Germany), Liaison (DiaSorin, Saluggia, Italy), and Platelia (Bio-Rad, Marnes-la-Coquette, France) assays. Agreement between the three assays was evaluated using 279 clinical samples, and EBV DNA and antibody test results were compared. Results: The three EBV antibody assays showed good diagnostic performance with good and excellent agreement with the performance panel (kappa coefficient, >0.6). The overall VCA IgM positivity rate was higher in EBV DNA-positive samples than in EBV DNA-negative samples for all three EBV antibody assays (P=0.02). The three EBV antibody assays exhibited good agreement in results for the clinical samples. Conclusions: The diagnostic performance of the three EBV antibody assays was acceptable, and they showed comparable agreement in results for the clinical samples.
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