A systematic review of the sensitivity and specificity of lateral flow devices in the detection of SARS-CoV-2

Background Lateral flow devices (LFDs) are viral antigen tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 that produce a rapid result, are inexpensive and easy to operate. They have been advocated for use by the World Health Organisation to help control outbreaks and break the chain of transmission of COVID-19...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC infectious diseases Jg. 21; H. 1; S. 1 - 14
Hauptverfasser:	Mistry, Dylan A., Wang, Jenny Y., Moeser, Mika-Erik, Starkey, Thomas, Lee, Lennard Y. W.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London BioMed Central 18.08.2021 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Schlagworte:	Antigens Confidence intervals Contact tracing Coronavirus Coronaviruses COVID-19 Data analysis Disease control Disease transmission Equipment and supplies Immunoassay Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Laboratories Lateral flow device Lateral flow test Mathematical analysis Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Methods Parasitology Polymerase chain reaction Population RNA-directed DNA polymerase Sample size SARS-CoV-2 Sensitivity analysis Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Systematic review Tropical Medicine Viral antigen detection Viral diseases United Kingdom COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Rapid antigen detection Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction Population testing Lateral flow test Mass testing Viral antigen detection Lateral flow device
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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