An overview of the most important preanalytical factors influencing the clinical performance of SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs)

G Lippi, BM Henry, M Plebani - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Due to the many technical limitations of molecular biology, the possibility to sustain
enormous volumes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Rapid Antigen Tests during the COVID-19 Era in Korea and Their Implementation as a Detection Tool for Other Infectious Diseases

K Widyasari, S Kim - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are diagnostic tools developed to specifically detect a certain
protein of infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, or parasites). RATs are easily accessible due …

Positivization time of a COVID-19 rapid antigen self-test predicts SARS-CoV-2 viral load: a proof of concept

GL Salvagno, BM Henry, G Bongiovanni… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Objectives This proof of concept study was aimed to validate the hypothesis that the time of
positivization of SARS-CoV-2 self-performed rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) may reflect the …

Improving diagnostic performance of coronavirus disease 2019 rapid antigen testing through computer-based feedback training using open-source experimental …

M Matsuda, K Itoh, T Sugai, Y Hoshiyama… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Rapid antigen testing (RAT) results are visually read as whether colored line is
present or absent. The subjective interpretation potentially misses detecting weak lines due …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between time to positive result of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen self-test and viral antigen concentration

GL Salvagno, BM Henry, S De Nitto, L Pighi, G Lippi - EJIFCC, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This study was planned to investigate how the positivization time of a SARS-
CoV-2 rapid antigen self-test may correlate with SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) antigen …

Quantification of SARS‐CoV‐2 viral load in patients using time‐to‐results in antigen lateral flow tests

EW Braunstein, E Vail, DD Ho, L Liu… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Based upon clinical observations and recent reports, we anticipated there would be an
inverse dose–response relationship between the severe acute respiratory syndrome …