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Objectives Antigen tests have recently emerged as an interesting alternative to SARS-CoV-2
diagnostic PCR, thought to be valuable especially for the screening of bigger communities …

Background Accurate rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection could contribute to
clinical and public health strategies to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Point-of-care …

The prompt recognition of COVID-19 infected patients is essential to control the COVID-19
pandemic. The reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is the gold …

Background Early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is essential to reduce disease spread.
Rapid antigen tests have not been sufficiently evaluated in asymptomatic patients to be used …

Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is a critical component to the overall prevention and
control strategy for COVID-19. Countries should have a national testing strategy in place …

Background Rapid antigen testing is widely used as a way of scaling up population-level
testing. To better inform antigen test deployment in Australia, we evaluated 22 commercially …

Objectives Control of the pandemic has required countries to look for other forms of tests
besides the gold standard real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Rapid antigen …

Background The continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) requires
timely analytical and clinical evaluation of antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) …

Background Point-of-care rapid tests to identify SARS-CoV-2 can have clinical benefits.
Methods A cross-sectional study in adults visiting emergency services or screening sites of …