The Diagnostic Accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 Nasal Rapid Antigen Self-Test: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Eleni KarlaftiDimitrios TsavdarisEvangelia KotzakioulafiGeorgia KaiafaChristos SavopoulosSmaro NettaAntonios MichalopoulosDaniel Paramythiotis

Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

In conclusion, self-taken nasal rapid antigen tests have many advantages over rt-PCR tests, such as those related to the rapid reading of the results and their low cost. They also have considerable specificity and some self-taken rapid antigen test kits also have remarkable sensitivity. Consequently, self-taken rapid antigen tests have a wide range of utility but are not able to completely replace rt-PCR tests.

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