Curative Inc, 430 S Cataract Ave, San Dimas, CA, 91773, USA.
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 30;10(1):20818. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77555-4.
To facilitate containment of the COVID-19 pandemic currently active in the United States and across the world, options for easy, non-invasive antibody testing are required. Here we have adapted a commercially available, serum-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for use with saliva samples, achieving 84.2% sensitivity and 100% specificity in a set of 149 clinical samples. This strategy will enable widespread, affordable testing for patients who experienced this disease, whilst minimizing exposure risk for healthcare workers.
为了便于控制目前在美国和世界各地流行的 COVID-19 大流行,需要易于进行、非侵入性的抗体检测方法。在这里,我们对一种商业上可获得的基于血清的酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)进行了改编,以用于唾液样本,在 149 个临床样本中达到 84.2%的灵敏度和 100%的特异性。这种策略将使经历过这种疾病的患者能够进行广泛、经济实惠的检测,同时将医护人员的暴露风险降到最低。