Open AccessDetection of the Omicron Variant Virus With the Abbott BinaxNow SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Assay
Author(s) -
James Regan,
James P. Flynn,
Manish Choudhary,
Rockib Uddin,
Jacob E. Lemieux,
Julie Boucau,
Roby P. Bhattacharyya,
Amy K. Barczak,
Jonathan Z. Li,
Mark J. Siedner
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofac022
Subject(s) - medicine , virology , covid-19 , serial dilution , antigen , immunology , pathology , disease , alternative medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We assessed the ability of the BinaxNow rapid test to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen from 4 individuals with Omicron and Delta infections. We performed serial dilutions of nasal swab samples, and specimens with concentrations of ≥100 000 copies/swab were positive, demonstrating that the BinaxNow test is able to detect the Omicron variant.