[HTML][HTML] Performance of the T-SPOTⓇ. COVID test for detecting SARS-CoV-2-responsive T cells

M Kruse, C Dark, M Aspden, D Cochrane… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
M Kruse, C Dark, M Aspden, D Cochrane, R Competiello, M Peltz, L Torres…
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the performance of the T-SPOT. COVID test for identifying SARS-CoV-
2-responsive T-cells in participants with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods The T-SPOT.
COVID test uses ELISpot interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) methodology to measure
T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 and nucleocapsid peptides. T-SPOT. COVID and
anti-N immunoglobulin (Ig) G serology tests were performed on blood from 186 patients with
nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)-confirmed-SARS-CoV-2 infection and 100 control …
Objective
To evaluate the performance of the T-SPOT.COVID test for identifying SARS-CoV-2-responsive T-cells in participants with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Methods
The T-SPOT.COVID test uses ELISpot interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) methodology to measure T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 and nucleocapsid peptides. T-SPOT.COVID and anti-N immunoglobulin (Ig) G serology tests were performed on blood from 186 patients with nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)-confirmed-SARS-CoV-2 infection and 100 control group participants.
Results
In the 2–8 weeks after NAAT-diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection, the T-SPOT.COVID test detected 98.4% (63 of 64) of infected participants, while anti-N IgG serology detected 82.8%. In the first 2 weeks after diagnosis, during adaptive immune response activation, there were less reactive T-SPOT.COVID responses (75.7%, 28 of 37 infected participants) and many less seropositive responses (32.4%). Response numbers tapered after 8 weeks; however, T-SPOT.COVID test continued to detect most participants with confirmed infection (83.6%, 56 of 67) and continued to out-perform serology (52.2%). T-SPOT.COVID response due to cross-reactive T cells was ruled out by demonstrating that, of 44 control group participants with T cells responsive to 4 human common cold coronavirus peptides, only 1 was T-SPOT.COVID reactive.
Conclusion
The T-SPOT.COVID test performed well in detecting SARS-CoV-2-sensitized T-cells over many months.
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