Open AccessOphthalmology practice in COVID-19 pandemic: Performance of rapid antigen test versus real time-reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in a tertiary eye care institute in South India
Author(s) -
Sandip Sarkar,
Amit Kumar Deb,
Rakesh Singh,
Rahul Dhodapakar,
Tanmay Gokhale,
Subashini Kaliaperumal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_21_22
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , gold standard (test) , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , real time polymerase chain reaction , polymerase chain reaction , covid-19 , predictive value , antigen , virology , gastroenterology , immunology , messenger rna , biology , gene , biochemistry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To assess the rapid antigen test (RAT) against the gold standard reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to screen COVID-19 infection in asymptomatic patients undergoing ophthalmic procedures.