Performance of Repeat BinaxNOW SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in a Community Setting, Wisconsin, November-December 2020

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Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 28:ciab309. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab309. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

Repeating the BinaxNOW antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 by two groups of readers within 30 minutes resulted in high concordance (98.9%) in 2,110 encounters. BinaxNOW test sensitivity was 77.2% (258/334) compared to real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Same day antigen testing did not significantly improve test sensitivity while specificity remained high.

PMID:33909068 | DOI:10.1093/cid/ciab309

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