Rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and primary health care

Affiliations

¹ Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health (GIIGAS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, 24071, Spain. Electronic address: tferv@unileon.es.
² Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, Campus de Vegazana, León 24071, Spain. Electronic address: ana.vazquez@unileon.es.
³ Gerencia de Atención primaria, SACYL, León, Spain. Electronic address: ariveror@saludcastillayleon.es.
⁴ Animal Health Departament, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, León 24071, Spain. Electronic address: amcaru@unileon.es.
⁵ Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health (GIIGAS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, 24071, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: vicentemartin@unileon.es.

Comment

T Fernández-Villa et al. J Infect. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;83(2):237-279.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.001. Epub 2021 May 8.

¹ Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health (GIIGAS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, 24071, Spain. Electronic address: tferv@unileon.es.
² Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, Campus de Vegazana, León 24071, Spain. Electronic address: ana.vazquez@unileon.es.
³ Gerencia de Atención primaria, SACYL, León, Spain. Electronic address: ariveror@saludcastillayleon.es.
⁴ Animal Health Departament, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, León 24071, Spain. Electronic address: amcaru@unileon.es.
⁵ Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health (GIIGAS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, Vegazana Campus, 24071, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: vicentemartin@unileon.es.

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Panbio™ rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 has acceptable accuracy in symptomatic patients in primary health care.
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