Combining rapid antigen testing and syndromic surveillance improves community-based COVID-19 detection in a low-income country

Combining rapid antigen testing and syndromic surveillance improves community-based COVID-19 detection in a low-income country

Rapid antigen tests and syndromic surveillance for identification of COVID-19 cases are limited by low sensitivity and specificity, respectively. Here, the authors use data from Bangladesh and show that combining the two methods improves diagnostic accuracy in a range of epidemiological scenarios.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fergus J. Chadwick, Jessica Clark, Shayan Chowdhury, Tasnuva Chowdhury, David J. Pascall, Yacob Haddou, Joanna Andrecka, Mikolaj Kundegorski, Craig Wilkie, Eric Brum, Tahmina Shirin, A. S. M. Alamgir, Mahbubur Rahman, Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Farzana Khan, Ben Swallow, Frances S. Mair, Janine Illian, Caroline L. Trotter, Davina L. Hill, Dirk Husmeier, Jason Matthiopoulos, Katie Hampson, Ayesha Sania
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30640-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30640-w

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