Clarifying the evidence on SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid tests in public health responses to COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health and Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L36 3GF, UK.
⁴ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L36 3GF, UK. Electronic address: buchan@liverpool.ac.uk.

Michael J Mina et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 17;397(10283):1425-1427.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00425-6. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

¹ Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health and Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L36 3GF, UK.
⁴ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L36 3GF, UK. Electronic address: buchan@liverpool.ac.uk.

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