Antigen Test Performance Among Children and Adults at a SARS-CoV-2 Community Testing Site.
Laura FordMelissa J WhaleyMelisa M ShahPhillip P SalvatoreHannah E SegaloffAugustina DelaneyDustin W CurrieLauren Boyle-EstheimerMichelle O'HegartyClint N MorganJennifer MeeceLynn IvacicNatalie J ThornburgAzaibi TaminJennifer L HarcourtJennifer M FolsterMagdalena MedrzyckiShilpi JainPhili WongKimberly GoffardDouglas GierynJuliana KahrsKimberly LangolfTara ZochertJacqueline E TateChristopher H HsuHannah L KirkingPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2021)
With lower sensitivity relative to RT-PCR, antigen tests may not diagnose all positive COVID-19 cases; however, antigen testing identified children with live SARS-CoV-2 virus.