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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
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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-82765652021-07-14 Low sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen self-tests under laboratory conditions Demuth, S. Damaschek, S. Schildgen, O. Schildgen, V. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor 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. Elsevier 2021-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8276565/ /pubmed/34277011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100916 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276565/
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