Context: At the mid-point of the COVID-19 pandemic, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
testing for SARS-CoV-2 was difficult to obtain and took several days to return a result. Our …

Accuracy of Point-of-Care Rapid Antigen Tests for Diagnosis of COVID-19 | AAFP search close
brand logo KARL T. CLEBAK, MD, MHA, FAAFP, JESSICA SNYDER, DO, AND TODD M. FELIX …

Background Point-of-care antigen tests (AgTs) for the detection of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) enable the rapid testing of infected individuals …

Methods In order to address the appropriateness of RAT use in screening asymptomatic
populations like those at IHEs, we conducted a rapid review of published evaluations of …

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) due to coronavirus was reported
from Wuhan, a town in Hubei province of China on December 12, 2019 (1). The epidemic …

Background A quick and accurate case identification in the Emergency Department (ED)
during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is crucial for clinical management and to prevent spread …

Abstract Background The BinaxNOW coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) Ag Card test
(Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough, Inc.) is a lateral flow immunochromatographic point‐of …

Objectives Antigen tests are an essential part of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies. Rapid
antigen tests are easy to use but less sensitive compared to nucleic acid amplification tests …

The prompt recognition of COVID-19 infected patients is essential to control the COVID-19
pandemic. The reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is the gold …

Several rapid testing methodologies have been approved for testing of symptomatic
individuals but have not been validated for asymptomatic screening. We evaluated …