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. 2021 Aug;2(8):e351.
doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00147-6. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

SARS-CoV-2 rapid diagnostic tests for emerging variants

Meriem Bekliz  1 , Kenneth Adea  1 , Manel Essaidi-Laziosi  1 , Jilian A Sacks  2 , Camille Escadafal  2 , Laurent Kaiser  3   4   5 , Isabella Eckerle  1   3   5
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SARS-CoV-2 rapid diagnostic tests for emerging variants

Meriem Bekliz et al. Lancet Microbe. 2021 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 196383), the Fondation Ancrage Bienfaisance du Groupe Pictet, and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). The Swiss National Science Foundation and the Fondation Ancrage Bienfaisance du Groupe Pictet had no role in data collection, analysis, or interpretation. Antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests were provided by FIND and FIND was involved in methodology, data analysis, interpretation and writing. JAE and CE are employees of FIND. We declare no competing interests.

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