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Evaluation of three rapid lateral flow antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Study evaluated Sofia, Standard Q and Panbio™ rapid antigen detection tests. All three tests reached more than 90% sensitivity for samples with a high...
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Think of the Children: Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test in Pediatric Population
SARS-CoV-2 is the reference laboratory method to diagnose the disease. The sensitivity of Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device is lower in children th...
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Highlighted Prospects of an IgM/IgG Antibodies Test in Identifying Individuals With Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection
Covert severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections could be seeding new outbreaks. To explore the roles of immunoglobulin...
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Association of Age With SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response
Children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to have mild symptoms and are at a lower risk of developing the severe respiratory disease compared...
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The importance of anosmia, ageusia and age in community presentation of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in Louisiana, USA; a cross-sectional prevalence study
Study focused on the nature and frequency of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. A sample of 4778 adults from New Orleans and Baton Rou...
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Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 indirect and direct RT-qPCR detection methods
The best direct methods detected 10 fold fewer viruses than indirect methods. With extracted RNA, the BGI RT-qPCR detection system exhibited superior...
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Evaluation of sample pooling for screening of SARS CoV-2
To overcome the challenge of nucleic acid (NA) extraction and testing kit availability, an efficient method is urgently needed. The standard reverse t...
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Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 Detection With Nasopharyngeal Swabs
SARS-CoV-2-infected subjects have been proven contagious in the symptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and asymptomatic phases. The identification of these pat...