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Table 4 High quality studies diagnostic accuracy measures (non-Siemens Enzygnost/Dade Behring only)

From: Comparison of measles IgG enzyme immunoassays (EIA) versus plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) for measuring measles serostatus: a systematic review of head-to-head analyses of measles IgG EIA and PRNT

Study

N of samples tested

Age

EIA kit

EIA threshold

PRNT threshold

EIA equivocal grouped as

TP

FP

FN

TN

Sensitivity

% (95%CI)

Specificity

% (95%CI)

PPV

%(95%CI)

NPV

%(95%CI)

Kappa statistic

R

Goncalves 1999 [48]

43

11-14 m

Diagnostica Merck

 < 40 mIU/mL

 ≥ 40 mIU/mL

NR

0

1

4

38

0.0(0.0–60.2)c

97.4 (86.5–99.9)

0.0 (0.0–97.5)c

90 .5(77.4–97.3)c

NR

NR

    

 < 100 mIU/mL

 ≥ 100 mIU/mL

NR

0

0

1

42

0.0(0.0–97.5)c

100.0 (91.6–100.0)c

NE

97.7 (87.7–99.9)c

NR

NR

Ratnam 1995 [63]

229

1-16yrs

Diamedix

 < 15 EIA unit

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Excluded

165

21

3

30

98.2 (94.9–99.6)

58.8 (44.2–72.4)

88.7 (83.3–92.9)

90.9 (75.7–98.1)

NR

NR

     

 ≥ 8 mIU/mL

Excluded

185

1

18

15

91.1 (86.3–94.7)

93.8 (69.8–100.0)

99.5 (97.0–100.0)

45.5 (28.1–63.6)

NR

NR

Dorigo-Zetsma 2015 [45]

154

 ≥ 18yrs

Diasorin

 < 13.5 AU/ml

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Grouped with positives

136

0

17

1

88.9 (82.8–93.4)

100.0 (2.5–100.0)c

100.0 (97.3–100.0)c

5.6 (0.1–27.3)c

NR

NR

Mao 2009 [56]

52

NR

German Virion/Serion

 < 150 mIU/mL

 ≥ 1: 4b

NR

37

0

2

13

94.9 (82.7–99.4)

100.0 (75.3–100.0)

100.0 (90.5–100.0)

86.7 (59.5–98.3)

0.90

0.88

 

47

NR

IBL kit

 < 8 U (unit) / ml

 ≥ 1: 4b

NR

20

0

14

13

58.8 (40.7–75.4)

100.0 (75.3–100.0)

100.0 (83.2–100.0)

48.1 (28.7–68.1)

0.44

0.85

Ratnam 1995 [63]

229

1-16yrs

Measlestat

 ≤ 0.79 Predicted value index

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Excluded

132

2

22

53

85.7 (79.2–90.8)

96.4 (87.5–99.6)

98.5 (94.7–99.8)

70.7 (59.0–80.6)

NR

NR

     

 ≥ 8 mIU/mL

Excluded

134

0

58

17

69.8 (62.8–76.2)

100.0 (80.5–100.0)

100.0 (97.3–100.0)

22.7 (13.8–33.8)

NR

NR

Cohen 2006 [25]

100

NR

Microimmun

 < 1.1 O.D

Batch specific cut offa

Grouped with positives

69

0

8

23

89.6 (80.6–95.4)

100.0 (85.2–100.0)

100.0 (94.8–100.0)c

74.2 (55.4–88.1)c

NR

72.0%

Fowlkes 2011 [47]e

2344

6- 36 m; mothers (age NR)

Trinity

NR

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

NR

1412

70

135

727

91.3 (89.8–92.6)

91.2 (89.0–93.1)

95.3 (94.1–96.3)c

84.3 (81.7–86.7)c

NR

NR

Ratnam 1995 [63]

229

1-16yrs

Vidas

 < 0.5 Test value threshold

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Excluded

144

3

15

52

90.6 (84.9–94.6)

94.5 (84.9–98.9)

98.0 (94.2–99.6)

77.6 (65.8–86.9)

NR

NR

     

 ≥ 8 mIU/mL

Excluded

147

0

50

17

74.6 (67.9–80.5)

100.0 (80.5–100.0)

100.0 (97.5–100.0)

25.4 (15.5–37.5)

NR

NR

Dorigo-Zetsma 2015 [45]

154

 ≥ 18yrs

Vidas

 < 0.5 Test values (TV)

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Grouped with positives

137

0

16

1

89.5 (83.6–93.9)

100.0 (2.5–100.0)c

100.0 (97.3–100.0)c

5.9 (0.1–28.7)c

NR

NR

Hatchette 2017 [26]

148

NR

BioPlex 2200

 < 0.13 AU/mL

 > 192 mIU/mLb

Grouped with negatives

55

0

30

63

64.7 (53.6–74.8)

100.0 (94.3–100.0)

100.0 (93.5–100.0)c

67.7 (57.3–77.1)c

NR

0.64

Dorigo-Zetsma 2015 [45]

154

 ≥ 18yrs

In house MBA (MIA)

 < 120 mIU/mL

 ≥ 120 mIU/mL

Grouped with positives

149

0

4

1

97.4 (93.4–99.3)c

100.0 (2.5–100.0)c

100.0 (97.6–100.0)c

20.0 (0.5–71.6)c

NR

NR

Coughlin 2021 [19]

140

6 m—adults

In house MBA

(MeV N)

 < 9.5 mIU/mL

 ≥ 120 mIU/mLb

NR

84

9

12

35

87.5 (79.2–93.4)

79.5 (64.7–90.2)

90.3 (82.4–95.5)

74.5 (59.7–86.1)

NR

0.431

   

In house MBA

(MeV WVAL)

 < 137 mIU/mL

 ≥ 120 mIU/mLb

NR

91

11

5

33

94.8 (88.3–98.3)

75.0 (59.7–86.8)

89.2 (81.5–94.5)

86.8 (71.9–95.6)

NR

0.827

Coughlin 2021 [19]

212

6 m—adults

In house MBA (MeV WVAL)

 < 137 mIU/mL

 ≥ 120 mIU/mLb

NR

119

12

6

75

95.2 (89.8–98.2)

86.2 (77.1–92.7)

90.8 (84.5–95.2)

92.6 (84.6–97.2)

NR

0.768

   

In house MBA (MeV WVAC)

 < 153 mIU/mL

 ≥ 120 mIU/mLb

NR

119

16

6

71

95.2 (89.8–98.2)

81.6 (71.9–89.1)

88.1 (81.5–93.1)

92.2 (83.8–97.1)

NR

0.716

deSouza 1991 [44]

181

 < 18 yrs

In house EIA

DOD reading: ≤ 0.12

NR

NR

177

0

2

2

98.9 (96.0–99.9)

100.0 (15.8–100.0)c

100.0 (97.9–100.0)c

50 .0 (6.8–93.2)c

NR

0.81

Lee 1999 [54]f

85

NR

In house EIA

 < 200 mIU/mL

 > 200 mIU/mLb

NR

68

0

1

16

98.6 (92.2–100.0)

100.0 (79.4–100.0)

100.0 (94.7–100.0)

94.1 (71.3–99.9)

0.98

NR

  1. CI Confidence interval, EIA Enzyme immunoassay, FN False negatives, FP False positives, MBA Multiplex bead assay, MeV N Baculovirus-expressed measles nucleoprotein, MeV WVAL Laboratory-produced purified measles whole-virus antigen, MeV WVAc Commercially produced whole-virus antigen, MIA Multiplex immunoassay, m Months, NPV Negative predictive value, NE Not estimable, NR Not reported, O.D Optical density, PRNT Plaque reduction neutralization test, PPV Positive predictive value, R Correlation coefficient, TN True negatives, TP True positives, yrs years
  2. aEIA thresholds reported did not use or did not explicitly report to use manufacturers recommendation
  3. bReported to use methods other than those described in Albrecht et. Al. 1981 or did not describe methodology
  4. cEstimates presented were not reported by authors but calculated using data reported
  5. dEstimates presented are reported by authors. Estimates could not be re-calculated owing to lack of data
  6. eRandom EIA subset tested on PRN
  7. fRandom subset of negative, low positive, medium positive and high positive PRN titers selected for EIA