Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with self-collected anterior nasal swab versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab
medRxiv 38d 3 tweets
Background: Two antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) are now approved through the WHO Emergency Use Listing procedure and can be performed at the point-of-care. However, both tests use nasopharyngeal (NP) swab samples. NP swab samples...


Michael Mina 37d ago
New paper showing strong agreement between nasal (ie self collection) and nasopharyngeal swab on rapid test. This is an important finding since, in US, rapid tests currently authorized for nasopharyngeal swabs and thus need healthcare collections 1/
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Victor M. Corman 37d ago
Well done, Andreas Lindner: PrePrint Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid test with self-collected versus professional-collected swab. #ChariteVirology
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medRxiv 38d ago
Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with self-collected anterior nasal swab versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab #medRxiv
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