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Point-of-Care Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic College Students.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases. Oct2021, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p2662-2665. 4p.
Subject
*COLLEGE students
*POINT-of-care testing
*COVID-19
Language
ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
We used the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card to screen 1,540 asymptomatic college students for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a low-prevalence setting. Compared with reverse transcription PCR, BinaxNOW showed 20% overall sensitivity; among participants with culturable virus, sensitivity was 60%. BinaxNOW provides point-of-care screening but misses many infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]