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. 2021 Feb;82(2):282-327.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.008. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Home-based SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen testing in hospital workers

Louise O Downs  1 , David W Eyre  2 , Denise O'Donnell  3 , Katie Jeffery  1
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Home-based SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen testing in hospital workers

Louise O Downs et al. J Infect. 2021 Feb.
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Declaration of Competing Interests DWE declares lecture fees from Gilead, outside the submitted work. No other author has a conflict of interest to declare.

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Lateral flow device collections and result submission (panel A) and confirmatory results within 3 days (panel B) and associated Ct values (panel C). Results are presented for 23 November 2020 to 09 January 2021 inclusive. PCR tests were performed using the Thermo Fisher TaqPath assay (targeting S and N genes, and ORF1ab, available mean cycle threshold (Ct) values for detected targets are shown). Panel C shows the PCR results from asymptomatic staff obtained within ±3 days of a positive LFD device, and PCR results from asymptomatic staff without a positive LFD. The box plots indicate median and interquartile ranges.
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