Low sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen self-tests under laboratory conditions

SARS-CoV-2-antigen-testing has been proposed as a ‘game-changing’ tool to interrupt infection chains. Thereby European strategies focused on two pillars, namely rapid antigen tests conducted by health care experts and/or trained personal and so-called self-tests. Here, evidence is provided that thes...

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Autores principales: Demuth, S., Damaschek, S., Schildgen, O., Schildgen, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100916
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Sumario:SARS-CoV-2-antigen-testing has been proposed as a ‘game-changing’ tool to interrupt infection chains. Thereby European strategies focused on two pillars, namely rapid antigen tests conducted by health care experts and/or trained personal and so-called self-tests. Here, evidence is provided that these assays have a weak performance even under laboratory conditions.

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