Detection of the Omicron Variant Virus with the Abbott BinaxNow SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Assay

Detection of the Omicron Variant Virus with the Abbott BinaxNow SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Assay

We assessed the ability of the BinaxNow rapid test to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen from 4 individuals with Omicron and Delta infections. We performed serial dilutions of nasal swab samples, and specimens with concentrations of≥100 000 copies/swab were positive, demo...

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Main Authors: Barczak, A.K (Author), Bhattacharyya, R.P (Author), Boucau, J. (Author), Choudhary, M.C (Author), Flynn, J.P (Author), Lemieux, J. (Author), Li, J.Z (Author), Regan, J. (Author), Siedner, M.J (Author), Uddin, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022
Subjects:
BinaxNow
diagnostic test
rapid antigen
SARS-CoV-2
viral load
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Summary:We assessed the ability of the BinaxNow rapid test to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen from 4 individuals with Omicron and Delta infections. We performed serial dilutions of nasal swab samples, and specimens with concentrations of≥100 000 copies/swab were positive, demonstrating that the BinaxNow test is able to detect the Omicron variant. © 2022 The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
ISBN:23288957 (ISSN)
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofac022

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