Assessment of an immunochromatographic kit for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza viruses

Satoshi Oshiro; Yoko Tabe; Keiji Funatogawa; Kaori Saito; Tatsuya Tada; Naeko Mizutani; Makoto Akiwa; Jun-Ichiro Sekiguchi; Takashi Miida; Teruo Kirikae

doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114477

Assessment of an immunochromatographic kit for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and influenza viruses

J Virol Methods. 2022 Apr:302:114477. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2022.114477. Epub 2022 Jan 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Tochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
⁴ Microbiology Research Division, Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: t-kirikae@juntendo.ac.jp.

Abstract

An immunochromatographic kit was developed to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza viruses (A and B) on two detection positions of a single strip. The sensitivity and specificity for SARS-CoV-2 were 97.4 % and 100 %, respectively, and those for influenza viruses were 100 %, respectively.

Keywords: Immunochromatographic kit; Influenza virus; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / diagnosis
Humans
Influenza A virus*
Influenza B virus
Influenza, Human* / diagnosis
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity