Evaluation of three rapid lateral flow antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study evaluated Sofia, Standard Q and Panbio™ rapid antigen detection tests. All three tests reached more than 90% sensitivity for samples with a high...

Think of the Children: Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test in Pediatric Population

SARS-CoV-2 is the reference laboratory method to diagnose the disease. The sensitivity of Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device is lower in children th...

Association of Age With SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response

Children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to have mild symptoms and are at a lower risk of developing the severe respiratory disease compared...

Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 indirect and direct RT-qPCR detection methods

The best direct methods detected 10 fold fewer viruses than indirect methods. With extracted RNA, the BGI RT-qPCR detection system exhibited superior...

Evaluation of sample pooling for screening of SARS CoV-2

To overcome the challenge of nucleic acid (NA) extraction and testing kit availability, an efficient method is urgently needed. The standard reverse t...

Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 Detection With Nasopharyngeal Swabs

SARS-CoV-2-infected subjects have been proven contagious in the symptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and asymptomatic phases. The identification of these pat...