Open AccessAntigen-based Rapid Diagnostic Testing or Alternatives for Diagnosis of Symptomatic COVID-19
Author(s) -
Emily A. Kendall,
Nimalan Arinaminpathy,
Jilian A. Sacks,
Yukari C. Manabe,
Sabine Dittrich,
Samuel G Schumacher,
David W. Dowdy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001400
Subject(s) - medicine , turnaround time , transmission (telecommunications) , antigen , covid-19 , diagnostic test , emergency medicine , immunology , disease , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , engineering , operating system
SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests can diagnose COVID-19 rapidly and at low cost, but lower sensitivity compared with reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has limited clinical adoption.