Diagnostic accuracy of Panbio rapid antigen tests on oropharyngeal swabs for detection of SARS-CoV-2.

<h4>Background</h4>Antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 offer new opportunities for testing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) are the reference sample type, but oropharyngeal swabs (OPS) may be a more accepta...

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Main Authors: Marie Thérèse Ngo Nsoga, Ilona Kronig, Francisco Javier Perez Rodriguez, Pascale Sattonnet-Roche, Diogo Da Silva, Javan Helbling, Jilian A Sacks, Margaretha de Vos, Erik Boehm, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Alice Berger, Frédérique Jacquerioz-Bausch, François Chappuis, Laurent Kaiser, Manuel Schibler, Adriana Renzoni, Isabella Eckerle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253321