Low sensitivity of the COVID-19 antigen test (PANBIO™ COVID-19 Ag rapid test) to detect asymptomatic infections in health personnel of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

Low sensitivity of the COVID-19 antigen test (PANBIO™ COVID-19 Ag rapid test) to detect asymptomatic infections in health personnel of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

BackgroundCOVID-19 requires an early diagnosis to optimize management and limit transmission. SARS-CoV-2 is able to spread effectively. Infected asymptomatic individuals have been found to be contagious. RT-qPCR is the currently recommended laboratory method for diagnosing acute infection. However,...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Becerril Vargas, Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg, Mario Alberto Mujica Sánchez, María Del Carmen García Colín, Daniel Alfredo Camacho Corral, Hugo Hansel Chávez Morales, José Nicolas Aguirre Pineda, Eduardo Martínez Bravo, Alejandro Ortiz Martínez, José Arturo Martínez Orozco, Victor Manuel Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jesús Ariel Mariscal Ochoa, Brian Pantoja Jiménez, Israel A. Morales Lozada, Andrea Iraís Cuevas Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
rapid antigen tests
asymptomatic
detection
PCR
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.977924/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.977924/full

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