SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing: weighing the false positives against the costs of failing to control transmission

Elizabeth Fearon; Iain E Buchan; Rajenki Das; Emma L Davis; Martyn Fyles; Ian Hall; T Deirdre Hollingsworth; Thomas House; Caroline Jay; Graham F Medley; Lorenzo Pellis; Billy J Quilty; Miguel E P Silva; Helena B Stage; Tom Wingfield

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00234-4

SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing: weighing the false positives against the costs of failing to control transmission

Elizabeth Fearon
, Iain E Buchan
, Rajenki Das
, Emma L Davis
, Martyn Fyles
, Ian Hall
, T Deirdre Hollingsworth
, Thomas House
, Caroline Jay
, Graham F Medley
, Lorenzo Pellis
, Billy J Quilty
, Miguel E P Silva
, Helena B Stage
, Tom Wingfield

Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	685-687
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet. Respiratory medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	7
Early online date	14 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00234-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2021

Keywords

Antigens, Viral/blood
COVID-19/blood
COVID-19 Testing
False Positive Reactions
humans
SARS-CoV-2/immunology

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Fearon, E., Buchan, I. E., Das, R., Davis, E. L., Fyles, M., Hall, I., Hollingsworth, T. D., House, T., Jay, C., Medley, G. F., Pellis, L., Quilty, B. J., Silva, M. E. P., Stage, H. B., & Wingfield, T. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing: weighing the false positives against the costs of failing to control transmission. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, 9(7), 685-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00234-4

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