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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
卷 93, 期 7, 页码 4405-4410出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26985
关键词
COVID-19; diagnostic; gargle lavage; nasopharyngeal swab; rapid antigen detection; SARS-CoV-2
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资金
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [442776/2019-5]
- FAPESP [2018/14384-9]
The research indicates that antigen testing for COVID-19 has reasonable sensitivity and specificity, and therefore can play a positive role in improving testing strategies.
One year into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, diagnostic strategies, although central for contact tracing and other preventive measures, are still limited. To meet the global demand, lower cost and faster antigen tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection are a convenient alternative to the gold standard reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. We tested laboratory-based RT-PCR RNA detection and two rapid antigen detection (RAD) tests, based on the immunochromatography test for nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 Ag ECO Test, ECO Diagnostica, and Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Abbott). Paired collection and testing were done in a small prospective open study in three clinical services in Sao Paulo, constituted of mostly symptomatic volunteers at collection (97%, 109/112) for a median of 4 days (interquartile range: 3-6), ranging from 1 to 30. Among the 108 paired RT-PCR/RAD tests, results were concordant in 96.4% (101/108). The test's performance was comparable, with an overall sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 96%. These observations add to other data that suggest that antigen tests may provide reasonable sensitivity and specificity and deserve a role to improve testing strategies, especially in resource-limited settings.
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