Performance Evaluation of Serial SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing During a Nursing Home Outbreak
Author(s) -
Susannah L. McKay,
Farrell A. Tobolowsky,
Erin D. Moritz,
Kelly M Hatfield,
Amelia Bhatnagar,
Stephen LaVoie,
D.A. Jackson,
K. Danielle Lecy,
Jonathan Bryant-Genevier,
Davina Campbell,
Brandi Freeman,
Sarah Gilbert,
Jennifer Folster,
Magdalena Medrzycki,
Patricia L. Shewmaker,
Bettina Bankamp,
Kay Radford,
Raydel Anderson,
Michael D. Bowen,
Jeanne Negley,
Sujan Reddy,
John A. Jernigan,
Allison C. Brown,
L. Clifford McDonald,
Preeta K. Kutty
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m21-0422
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing homes , outbreak , covid-19 , asymptomatic , virology , intensive care medicine , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To address high COVID-19 burden in U.S. nursing homes, rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests have been widely distributed in those facilities. However, performance data are lacking, especially in asymptomatic people.
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