Decreased Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Test Is Associated with a Lower Viral Load of Omicron than Delta SARS-CoV-2 Variant

Decreased Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Test Is Associated with a Lower Viral Load of Omicron than Delta SARS-CoV-2 Variant

ABSTRACT Large-scale screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection is an important tool for epidemic prevention and control. The appearance of new variants associated with specific mutations can call into question the effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) deployed massively at national and internation...

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Main Authors: Théophile Cocherie, Mathilda Bastide, Soraya Sakhi, Karen Zafilaza, Philippe Flandre, Valentin Leducq, Aude Jary, Sonia Burrel, Martine Louet, Vincent Calvez, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Stéphane Marot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
antigen
diagnostics
viral load
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01922-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01922-22

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