Rapid antigen testing by community health workers for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.
Ayesha SaniaAhmed Nawsher AlamA S M AlamgirJoanna AndreckaEric BrumFergus ChadwickTasnuva ChowdhuryZakiul HasanDavina L HillFarzana KhanMikolaj KundegorskiSeonjoo LeeMahmudur RahmanYael K RayportTahmina ShirinMotahara TasneemKatie HampsonPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Rapid antigen testing on nasal swabs can be effectively performed by community health workers yielding equivalent sensitivity and specificity to the literature. Household testing by community health workers in low-resource settings is an inexpensive approach that can increase testing capacity, accessibility and the effectiveness of control measures through immediately actionable results.