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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug 16;27(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2710.210080. Online ahead of print.
Point-of-Care Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic College Students
Sarah C Tinker, Christine M Szablewski, Anastasia P Litvintseva, Cherie Drenzek, Gary E Voccio, Melissa A Hunter, Stephen Briggs, Debbie E Heida, Jennifer Folster, Patricia L Shewmaker, Magdalena Medrzycki, Michael D Bowen, Caitlin Bohannon, Dennis Bagarozzi Jr, Marla Petway, Paul A Rota, Wendi Kuhnert-Tallman, Natalie Thornburg, Jessica L Prince-Guerra, Lisa C Barrios, Azaibi Tamin, Jennifer L Harcourt, Margaret A Honein, CDC Sample Collection Team,1; CDC Surge Laboratory Group1
Abstract
We used the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card to screen 1,540 asymptomatic college students for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a low-prevalence setting. Compared with reverse transcription PCR, BinaxNOW showed 20% overall sensitivity; among participants with culturable virus, sensitivity was 60%. BinaxNOW provides point-of-care screening but misses many infections.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; adolescents; antigen testing; asymptomatic; colleges; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; institutions of higher education; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; universities; viruses; young adults; zoonoses.
. 2021 Aug 16;27(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2710.210080. Online ahead of print.
Point-of-Care Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic College Students
Sarah C Tinker, Christine M Szablewski, Anastasia P Litvintseva, Cherie Drenzek, Gary E Voccio, Melissa A Hunter, Stephen Briggs, Debbie E Heida, Jennifer Folster, Patricia L Shewmaker, Magdalena Medrzycki, Michael D Bowen, Caitlin Bohannon, Dennis Bagarozzi Jr, Marla Petway, Paul A Rota, Wendi Kuhnert-Tallman, Natalie Thornburg, Jessica L Prince-Guerra, Lisa C Barrios, Azaibi Tamin, Jennifer L Harcourt, Margaret A Honein, CDC Sample Collection Team,1; CDC Surge Laboratory Group1
- PMID: 34399086
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2710.210080
Abstract
We used the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card to screen 1,540 asymptomatic college students for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a low-prevalence setting. Compared with reverse transcription PCR, BinaxNOW showed 20% overall sensitivity; among participants with culturable virus, sensitivity was 60%. BinaxNOW provides point-of-care screening but misses many infections.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; adolescents; antigen testing; asymptomatic; colleges; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; institutions of higher education; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; universities; viruses; young adults; zoonoses.