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Analytical comparison of nine SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Bekliz, M.; Adea, K.; Essaidi, M.; Sacks, J. A.; Escadafal, C.; Kaiser, L.; Eckerle, I.

2021-06-03 infectious diseases
10.1101/2021.05.31.21258111 medRxiv
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Several SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern/interest (VOC/VOI) emerged recently, with VOCs outcompeting earlier lineages on a global scale. To date, few data on routine diagnostic performance for VOC/VOIs are available. Here, we investigate the analytical performance of nine commercially available antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) for VOC B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1 and VOI P.2 with cultured SARS-CoV-2. Comparable or higher sensitivity was observed for VOC/VOI compared to a non-VOC/VOI early-pandemic virus for all Ag-RDTs.

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