Diagnostic efficacy of anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG/IgM test for COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 366 - 374
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zu‐Li, Hou, Yu‐Lei, Li, De‐Tao, Li, Feng‐Zeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Antibodies, Viral - blood; antibody; Bivariate analysis; Chemiluminescence; Chromatography, Affinity; Confidence intervals; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - immunology; COVID-19 Serological Testing - methods; COVID‐2019; Diagnosis; diagnostic efficacy; Diagnostic systems; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Humans; IgG antibody; Immunoassay; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Luminescent Measurements; Meta-analysis; Model accuracy; Reproducibility of Results; SARS‐CoV‐2; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Subgroups; Virology; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-2019; antibody; diagnostic efficacy

The serological testing of anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) and/or IgM is widely used in the diagnosis of COVID‐19. However, its diagnostic efficacy remains unclear. In this study, we searched for diagnostic studies from the Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, CNKI, and Wanfang databases to calcul...