Comparison of Four Commercial IgG-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Detection of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies.

Ackermann-Gäumann, Rahel; Eyer, Claudia; Leib, Stephen; Niederhauser-Lüthi, Christoph (2019). Comparison of Four Commercial IgG-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Detection of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases, 19(5), pp. 358-364. Mary Ann Liebert 10.1089/vbz.2018.2359

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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is the most important arboviral disease in many parts of Europe and Asia. Both the diagnosis of TBE as well as the conduction of surveillance studies are based on the demonstration of specific antibodies. For reasons of simplicity, automatization, and quick availability of test results, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are the method of choice for anti-TBE virus antibody detection. In this study, we evaluated four commercial IgG-ELISAs using 876 epidemiological plasma samples: the Enzygnost Anti-TBE/FSME Virus IgG assay (Siemens; assay 1), the Anti-FSME/TBE Virus ELISA (IgG) assay (Euroimmun; assay 2), the Anti-FSME/TBE Virus ELISA "Vienna" (IgG) assay (Euroimmun; assay 3), and the RIDASCREEN FSME/TBE IgG EIA assay (R-Biopharm; assay 4). In total, discrepant results were observed for 37.2% of all samples. The evaluated assays significantly differed in qualitative data (p < 0.0001, Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test) and showed Spearman's rank correlation coefficients ranging between 0.88 and 0.97 for quantitative data. The degree of disagreement between the different assays was exceptionally high for samples originating from blood donors with vaccination against TBE virus. For this sample group, the proportion of positive results was considerably higher for assay 3 (52.7%) and assay 4 (57%) than for assay 1 (7.5%) and assay 2 (6.4%), respectively, indicating that assays 1 and 2 are less suitable for the detection of vaccination antibodies than assays 3 and 4. Indirect immunofluorescence testing data available for a subset of samples (n = 238) mostly originating from nonflavivirus-vaccinated blood donors (n = 234) revealed problems in both sensitivity and specificity of the evaluated assays; whereas sensitivity issues were most prominent for the Euroimmun assay, specificity concerns were most pronounced for the Euroimmun Vienna and the RIDASCREEN assays.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Research
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases

UniBE Contributor:

Leib, Stephen, Niederhauser-Lüthi, Christoph Peter

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1557-7759

Publisher:

Mary Ann Liebert

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stephen Leib

Date Deposited:

11 Feb 2019 13:39

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1089/vbz.2018.2359

PubMed ID:

30523740

Uncontrolled Keywords:

ELISA tick-borne encephalitis virus

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.123342

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/123342

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