Limit of detection in different matrices of 19 commercially available rapid antigen tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2

Abstract In the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic there has been an increase of the use of antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT). The performance of Ag-RDT vary greatly between manufacturers and evaluating their analytical limit of detection (LOD) has become hig...

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Main Authors: Ana I. Cubas-Atienzar, Konstantina Kontogianni, Thomas Edwards, Dominic Wooding, Kate Buist, Caitlin R. Thompson, Christopher T. Williams, Edward I. Patterson, Grant L. Hughes, Lisa Baldwin, Camille Escadafal, Jilian A. Sacks, Emily R. Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97489-9