Clinical performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in point of care usage in comparison to RT-qPCR.

Wagenhäuser I, Knies K, Rauschenberger V, Eisenmann M, McDonogh M, Petri N, Andres O, Flemming S, Gawlik M, Papsdorf M, Taurines R, Böhm H, Forster J, Weismann D, Weißbrich B, Dölken L, Liese J, Kurzai O, Vogel U, Krone M (2021) Clinical performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in point of care usage in comparison to RT-qPCR. EBioMedicine 69, 103455.
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Abstract

Antigen rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for SARS-CoV-2 are fast, broadly available, and inexpensive. Despite this, reliable clinical performance data from large field studies is sparse.

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Oliver Kurzai
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doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103455

PMID: 34186490