Correlation of COVID-19 vaccination and RT-PCR ct value among cases in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: implication for future preparedness

AM Aga, D Mulugeta, A Gebreegziabxier… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 disease requires accurate diagnosis to effectively manage
infection rates and disease progression. The study aims to assess the relationship between …

Diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests (RAT) for COVID-19 and factors associated with RAT-negative results among RT-PCR-positive individuals during …

CY Tan, K Zeng, L Cui, RTP Lin, M Chen - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Springer
Background While numerous studies have evaluated the real-world performance of rapid
antigen tests (RATs), data on the effect of Omicron sublineages such as XBB and …

SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Detection Tests: test performance during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of COVID-19 vaccination

I Wagenhäuser, K Knies, T Pscheidl, M Eisenmann… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid detection tests
(RDTs) emerged as point-of-care diagnostics in addition to the RT-qPCR as the gold …

Application of Hierarchical Bayesian Models for Modeling Economic Costs in the Implementation of New Diagnostic Tests

T Karel, M Plašil - International Journal of Economic Sciences, 2024 - ijes-journal.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for reliable and rapid diagnostic tests to
control the spread of infection. The introduction of new rapid antigen tests often goes in …

Developing molecular surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Czech Republic (2021–2022)

T Šúri, L Pfeiferová, M Bezdíček, J Svatoň, V Hampl… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Molecular surveillance was widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic to rapidly detect
emerging variants and monitor the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within communities. In …