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. 2021 May;82(5):e39-e40.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.011. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Rapid antigen tests for large-scale diagnostic campaigns: A case study from North-Eastern Italy

Matteo Riccò  1 , Silvia Ranzieri  2 , Federico Marchesi  2
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Rapid antigen tests for large-scale diagnostic campaigns: A case study from North-Eastern Italy

Matteo Riccò et al. J Infect. 2021 May.
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Fig. 1
Daily notification rates (7-days moving average) for the Italian Autonomous Provinces of Trento and South Tyrol, and for the Austrian State of Tyrol. Dotted lines represent the days of mass testing (i.e. 20/11/2020 to 22/11/2020) and the 14th day after the conclusion of the mass testing. All data were retrieved from official open data repositories (i.e. https://github.com/pcm-dpc/COVID-19 and https://www.data.gv.at/covid-19/.
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Fig. 2
Daily notification normalized by maximum percent value for the Italian Autonomous Provinces of Trento and South Tyrol, and for the Austrian State of Tyrol. Dotted lines represent the days of mass testing (i.e. 20/11/2020 to 22/11/2020) and the 14th day after the conclusion of the mass testing. All data were retrieved from official open data repositories (i.e. https://github.com/pcm-dpc/COVID-19 and https://www.data.gv.at/covid-19/.
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