Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021.
Antigen-based test
Children
PCR-based test
SARS-CoV-2
School
Sensitivity
Specificity
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
ISSN: 1560-7917
Titre abrégé: Euro Surveill
Pays: Sweden
ID NLM: 100887452
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
entrez:
27
8
2021
pubmed:
28
8
2021
medline:
1
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study evaluates the performance of the antigen-based anterior nasal screening programme implemented in all Austrian schools to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections. We combined nationwide antigen-based screening data obtained in March 2021 from 5,370 schools (Grade 1-8) with an RT-qPCR-based prospective cohort study comprising a representative sample of 244 schools. Considering a range of assumptions, only a subset of infected individuals are detected with the programme (low to moderate sensitivity) and non-infected individuals mainly tested negative (very high specificity).
Identifiants
pubmed: 34448449
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.34.2100797
pmc: PMC8393891
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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