Impact of national-scale targeted point-of-care symptomatic lateral flow testing on trends in COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths during the second epidemic wave in Austria (REAP3)

Impact of national-scale targeted point-of-care symptomatic lateral flow testing on trends in COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths during the second epidemic wave in Austria (REAP3)

Abstract Background In October 2020, amidst the second COVID-19 epidemic wave and before the second-national lockdown, Austria introduced a policy of population-wide point-of-care lateral flow antigen testing (POC-LFT). This study explores the impact of this policy by quantifying the association bet...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Reitzinger, Thomas Czypionka, Oliver Lammel, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Werner Leber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
Symptomatic lateral flow testing
Statistical analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15364-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15364-w

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