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. 2021 Mar;82(3):e14-e16.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.12.012. Epub 2020 Dec 19.

Clinical application of a rapid antigen test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients evaluated in the emergency department: A preliminary report

Gianni Turcato  1 , Arian Zaboli  2 , Norbert Pfeifer  2 , Laura Ciccariello  2 , Serena Sibilio  2 , Giovanna Tezza  2 , Dietmar Ausserhofer  2
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Clinical application of a rapid antigen test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients evaluated in the emergency department: A preliminary report

Gianni Turcato et al. J Infect. 2021 Mar.
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Decision curve analysis and its distribution. Grey line: assume no patients have COVID-19. Black line: assume all patients have COVID-19. Grey dash-dotted line: a hypothetical perfect test. Black dashed line: the strategy of discovering COVID-19-infected patients only on the basis of their symptoms. Black dash-dotted line: the strategy of performing rapid antigen tests on patients in the ED.
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