Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in close contacts of individuals with confirmed infection: performance and operational considerations.

Stephanie C ZobristMichelle Oliveira-SilvaAlexia Martines VieiraPooja BansilEmily Gerth-GuyetteBrandon T LeaderAllison GoldenHannah SlaterCatherine Duran de Lucena CruzEduardo GarbinMariana SagalovskySampa PalVin GuptaLeo WolanskyDeusilene Souza Vieira Dall'AcquaGomes Felipe NavecaValdinete Alves do NascimentoJuan Miguel Villalobos SalcedoPaul K DrainAlexandre Dias Tavares CostaGonzalo J DomingoDhélio Pereira

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)

The near immediate time-to-result for antigen tests significantly offsets lower analytical sensitivity in settings where RT-PCR results are delayed or unavailable.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
liquid chromatography
real time pcr
mass spectrometry
coronavirus disease