Sensitivity analysis of rapid antigen tests for the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant detection from nasopharyngeal swab samples collected in Santiago of Chile

• Hauptverfasser: Carlos Barrera-Avalos (VerfasserIn), Javier Mena (VerfasserIn), Roberto Luraschi (VerfasserIn), Patricio Rojas (VerfasserIn), Carlos Mateluna-Flores (VerfasserIn), Eva Vallejos-Vidal (VerfasserIn), Mónica Imarai (VerfasserIn), Ana María Sandino (VerfasserIn), Daniel Valdés (VerfasserIn), Rodrigo Vera (VerfasserIn), Iván Hernández (VerfasserIn), Felipe E. Reyes-López (VerfasserIn), Claudio Acuña-Castillo (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a concern and keeps global health authorities on alert. The RT-PCR technique has been the gold-standard assay for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, rapid antigen tests (RATs) have been widely used to increase the number of tests faster and more efficientl...