Surrogate test performance for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) for convalescent plasma (CCP): How useful could they be?
Silvano WendelRoberta FachiniRita C L Fontão-WendelRalyria MelloCarlos Vinícius VelasquezRafael Rahal Guaragna MachadoMayra Altobelli BritoMarcelo AmaralCamila Pereira SoaresRuth AchkarPatrícia ScuracchioSandra Cristina MiyajiMelina Santos ErdensEdison Luiz DurigonPublished in: Transfusion (2021)
Surrogate tests (isolated or in combination) have an indirect good performance in detecting the presence of nAb, with lower sensitivity and specificity when high nAb titer samples are used, possibly accepting a considerable number of donors whose nAb titers are actually low, which should be evaluated by each laboratory responsible for CCP collection.