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Cohen's kappa statistics as a convenient means to identify accurate SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody tests

2020-06-16 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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There are many available rapid antibody tests, but the performance of such tests remains unclear. Moreover, it is difficult to compare among the various devices regarding their sensitivity & specificity. In order to compare the performance of such devices, we used Cohen kappa statistics to assess the level of agreement between RT-PCR and rapid antibody tests. In doing this study, we considered the term of validity after symptom-onset to compare two tests. It takes more than a week to produce an...

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