Le Vu, Stéphane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-8281
Jones, Gabrielle http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-4172
Anna, François
Rose, Thierry
Richard, Jean-Baptiste http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-9159
Bernard-Stoecklin, Sibylle
Goyard, Sophie
Demeret, Caroline http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-6805
Helynck, Olivier
Escriou, Nicolas
Gransagne, Marion
Petres, Stéphane
Robin, Corinne
Monnet, Virgile
Perrin de Facci, Louise http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-4759
Ungeheuer, Marie-Noelle
Léon, Lucie
Guillois, Yvonnick
Filleul, Laurent
Charneau, Pierre
Lévy-Bruhl, Daniel
van der Werf, Sylvie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-4456
Noel, Harold http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3011-9267
Article History
Received: 18 December 2020
Accepted: 18 April 2021
First Online: 21 May 2021
Competing interests
: S.G. and T.R. declare patents for the proluciferins (hikarazines) synthesis and uses (“Imidazopyrazine derivatives, process for preparation thereof and their uses as luciferins”, EP 3395803/WO 2018197727, 2018), and have applied for a patent that includes claims describing the LuLISA (EP20315224.4) used in this study. F.A. and P.C. have applied for a patent claiming the PNT (“High throughput methods and products for SARS-CoV-2 sero-neutralization assay” US 63/107,896). N.E., M.G., C.D. and S.v.d.W. declare patents pending for the SARS-associated coronavirus diagnostics (“Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus diagnostics”, US 10,948,490 B1) related to this study. S.v.d.W. and N.E. declare patents issued (“Use of proteins and peptides coded by the genome of a novel strain of SARS-associated coronavirus” EP 1697507; and “Novel strain of SARS-associated coronavirus and applications thereof” EP1694829) not directly related to this study. S.v.d.W. is a board member (non-financial support) for the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases and has a patent application filed (“Methods and reagents for the specific and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2”, PCT/EP2020055939 and US16/809,717), not directly related to this study. The other authors declare no competing interests.