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Editorial
. 2021 Dec 1;224(11):1987-1989.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab528.

Low Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Tests to Detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections Before and on the Day of Symptom Onset in Nursing Home Staff and Residents, Germany, January-March 2021

Jennifer K Bender  1   2 , Emily D Meyer  3   4 , Mirco Sandfort  3   4 , Dorothea Matysiak-Klose  5 , Gerhard Bojara  6 , Wiebke Hellenbrand  5
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Editorial

Low Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Tests to Detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections Before and on the Day of Symptom Onset in Nursing Home Staff and Residents, Germany, January-March 2021

Jennifer K Bender et al. J Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

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  • Response to Bender et al.
    Smith RL, Brooke CB. Smith RL, et al. J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 1;224(11):1989. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab530. J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 34648633 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Longitudinal Assessment of Diagnostic Test Performance Over the Course of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
    Smith RL, Gibson LL, Martinez PP, Ke R, Mirza A, Conte M, Gallagher N, Conte A, Wang L, Fredrickson R, Edmonson DC, Baughman ME, Chiu KK, Choi H, Jensen TW, Scardina KR, Bradley S, Gloss SL, Reinhart C, Yedetore J, Owens AN, Broach J, Barton B, Lazar P, Henness D, Young T, Dunnett A, Robinson ML, Mostafa HH, Pekosz A, Manabe YC, Heetderks WJ, McManus DD, Brooke CB. Smith RL, et al. J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 17;224(6):976-982. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab337. J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 34191025 Free PMC article.

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