Faster detection of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among care home staff in England through the combination of SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies

Faster detection of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among care home staff in England through the combination of SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies

Abstract To detect SARS-CoV-2 amongst asymptomatic care home staff in England, a dual-technology weekly testing regime was introduced on 23 December 2020. A lateral flow device (LFD) and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) test were taken on the same day (day 0) an...

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Main Authors: Finola Ryan, Joanna Cole-Hamilton, Niharika Dandamudi, Matthias E. Futschik, Alexander Needham, Rida Saquib, Raghavendran Kulasegaran-Shylini, Edward Blandford, Michael Kidd, Éamonn O’Moore, Ian Hall, Malur Sudhanva, Paul Klapper, Andrew Dodgson, Adam Moore, Madeleine Duke, Sarah Tunkel, Chris Kenny, Tom Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57817-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57817-1

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