Ashley E Kim, Julia C Bennett, Kyle Luiten, Jessica A O'Hanlon, Caitlin R Wolf, Ariana Magedson, Peter D Han, Zack Acker, Lani Regelbrugge, Kathryn M McCaffrey, Jeremey Stone, David Reinhart, Benjamin J Capodanno, Stephen S Morse, Trevor Bedford, Janet A Englund, Michael Boeckh, Lea M Starita, Timothy M Uyeki, Marco Carone, Ana Weil, Helen Y Chu
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) have become widely utilized but longitudinal characterization of their community-based performance remains incompletely understood. METHODS: This prospective longitudinal study at a large public university in Seattle, WA utilized remote enrollment, online surveys, and self-collected nasal swab specimens to evaluate Ag-RDT performance against real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) in the context of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Infectious Diseases