Self-testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection with rapid antigen tests for people with suspected COVID-19 in the community

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of nasal mid-turbinate self-testing using rapid antigen detection tests (RDT) for persons with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community. Self-testing for COVID-19 infection with lateral flow assay severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RDT, provides rapid results and could enable frequent and extensive testing in the community, thereby improving the control of SARS-CoV-2.

METHODS: Participants visiting a municipal SARS-CoV-2 testing centre, received self-testing kits containing either the BD Veritor System (BD-RDT) or Roche SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection test (Roche-RDT). Oro-nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from the participants for quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) testing. As a proxy for contagiousness, viral culture was performed on a selection of qRT-PCR positive samples to determine the Ct-value at which the chance of a positive culture dropped below 0.5 (Ct-value cut-off). Sensitivity and specificity of self-testing were compared to qRT-PCR with a Ct-value below the Ct value cut-off. Determinants independently associated with a false-negative self-test result were determined.

RESULTS: A total of 3201 participants were included (BD-RDT n = 1595; Roche-RDT n = 1606). Sensitivity and specificity of self-testing compared with the qRT-PCR results with a Ct-value below the Ct-value cut-off were 78.4% (95% CI 73.2%-83.5%) and 99.4% (95% CI 99.1%-99.7%), respectively. A higher age was independently associated with a false-negative self-testing result with an odds ratio of 1.024 (95% CI 1.003-1.044).

CONCLUSIONS: Self-testing using currently available RDT has a high specificity and relatively high sensitivity to identify individuals with a high probability of contagiousness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 28(2022), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 695-700

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stohr, Joep J J M [VerfasserIn]
Zwart, Vivian F [VerfasserIn]
Goderski, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Meijer, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Nagel-Imming, Carla R S [VerfasserIn]
Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Marjolein F Q [VerfasserIn]
Pas, Suzan D [VerfasserIn]
van den Oetelaar, Femke [VerfasserIn]
Hellwich, Marloes [VerfasserIn]
Gan, Kim H [VerfasserIn]
Rietveld, Ariene [VerfasserIn]
Verweij, Jaco J [VerfasserIn]
Murk, Jean-Luc [VerfasserIn]
van den Bijllaardt, Wouter [VerfasserIn]
Kluytmans, Jan A J W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Viral
Coronavirus disease 2019
Journal Article
Public health
Rapid antigen detection test
Self-testing
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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Date Completed 03.05.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2021.07.039

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329082000