简介：ToinvestigatethesignificanceoftheSARS-associatedcoronavirus(SARS-CoV)antibody,detectedbyELISAandindirectimmunofluorescenceassays(IFA)fortheSARS-CoVVeroE6celllysates,innon-SARSsubjects,114serumsamplesfromhealthycontrolsand104serumspecimensfromautoimmunediseasepatientswerecollected.TheresultsofELISAshowedthatamong114serafromhealthycontrols,4(3.5%)werepositiveofSARS-CoV-IgGantibodyand114(100%)wereallnegativeofSARS-CoV-IgMantibody;thespecificityofSARS-CoV-IgGantibodyforSARSpatientswas96.5%,butthespecificityofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodiesforSARSpatientswas100%.In58caseswithSLE,positiveratesofSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswere32.8%(19/58)and8.6%(5/58),respectively,inwhich11cases(19%)werepositiveofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodies;in10caseswithSS,positiverateofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswas10%(1/10);in16caseswithMCTD,positiverateofSARS-CoV-IgGwas37.5%(6/16),positiverateofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswas6.3%(1/16);in20caseswithRA,onecasewaspositive(5%)ofSARS-CoV-IgG.However,ofallsampleswithpositiveSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodiesforautoimmunediseasesandhealthycontrols,SARS-CoVRNAandantibodieswereallnegativebyRT-PCRandIFA.AllserafornegativeorpositiveELISAresultswerealsonegativeorpositiveresultsusingELISAwithVeroE6cellslysates.ThesestudiesshowedthatSARS-CoVVeroE6celllysatesfortheELISAtodetectSARS-CoVantibodiescouldleadtothefalse-positivereactionsorcross-reactionsofSARS-CoVantibodiesinnon-SARSdiseasesandhealthycontrols,andthefalse-positivereactionsorcross-reactionswererelatedtoVeroE6celllysatesandautoantibodiesinnon-SARSpopulation.