Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests Based on Symptom Onset and Close Contact Exposure: A secondary analysis from the Test Us At Home prospective cohort study.
Carly HerbertBiqi WangHonghuang LinNathaniel HaferCaitlin PretzPamela StamegnaSeanan TarrantPaul HartinJulia FerrantoStephanie BeharColton WrightTaylor OrwigThejas SuvarnaEmma HarmanSummer SchraderChris NowakVik KheterpalElizabeth A OrvekSteven WongAdrian ZaiBruce A BartonBen GerberStephenie C LemonAndreas FilippaiosKylie D'AmoreLaura GibsonSharone GreeneSakeina Howard-WilsonAndres ColubriChad J AchenbachRobert Leo MurphyWilliam HeetderksYukari C ManabeLaurel O'ConnorNisha FaheyKatherine L LuzuriagaJohn BroachDavid D McManusApurv SoniPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Performance of Ag-RDT and RT-PCR was highest on DPSO 0-2 and DPE 5 and did not differ by vaccination status. These data suggests that serial testing remains integral to enhancing the performance of Ag-RDT.