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Field performance evaluation of the PanBio rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay in an epidemic driven by the B.1.351 variant in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

BACKGROUND: South Africa was the African country with the most recorded cases of SARS-CoV-2 during 2020, experiencing 2 waves of infection. During the first wave, diagnostics were largely based on reverse transcription-linked PCR (RT-PCR). The Abbott PanBio antigen test was deployed during the 2nd w...

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Autores principales: Akingba, Oluwakemi Laguda, Sprong, Kaitlin, Marais, Gert, Hardie, Diana Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8025602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35262001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100013