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Title: Comparison of 4 commercial enzyme immunoassays for serology testing of human parvovirus B19 infection. Author: Van den Abeele T, Delforge ML, Boel A, Reynders M, Padalko E. Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis; 2021 Nov; 101(3):115489. PubMed ID: 34352435. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Parvovirus B19 is a pathogenic virus often diagnosed by serology, yet little is known about analytical performance of commercial enzyme immunoassays (EIAs). OBJECTIVE: To investigate performance of 4 EIAs for parvovirus B19 IgM and IgG: Liaison, Euroimmun, Mikrogen and Virion/Serion. STUDY DESIGN: To compare 4 EIAs to Biotrin's ELISA on 168 samples and determine consensus score for discordant samples using Mikrogen's confirmatory line assay. RESULTS: Two thirds of results for IgM/IgG were identical for all 4 EIAs and Biotrin. Liaison shows the highest IgM sensitivity, but has low specificity. Euroimmun lacks IgM sensitivity. Mikrogen had a good overall performance, but had the lowest IgG specificity. Virion/Serion had variable performance with a low IgM specificity and the most borderline and cross-reactive results. CONCLUSIONS: Liaison and Mikrogen have similar performance to Biotrin's ELISA. Euroimmun lacks sensitivity and Virion/Serion produced many borderline and cross-reactive results.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]