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.
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30640-w |
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