Letter to the Editor
Low sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen self-tests under laboratory conditions

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Abstract

SARS-CoV-2-antigen-testing has been proposed as a ‘game-changing’ tool to interrupt infection chains. Thereby European strategies focused on two pillars, namely rapid antigen tests conducted by health care experts and/or trained personal and so-called self-tests. Here, evidence is provided that these assays have a weak performance even under laboratory conditions.

Keywords

Rapid antigen assays
SARS-CoV-2
self-testing

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