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

• Main Authors: Carlos Barrera-Avalos (Author), Javier Mena (Author), Roberto Luraschi (Author), Patricio Rojas (Author), Carlos Mateluna-Flores (Author), Eva Vallejos-Vidal (Author), Mónica Imarai (Author), Ana María Sandino (Author), Daniel Valdés (Author), Rodrigo Vera (Author), Iván Hernández (Author), Felipe E. Reyes-López (Author), Claudio Acuña-Castillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...