SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern B.1.1.7: Diagnostic Sensitivity of Three Antigen-Detecting Rapid Tests

Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Feb 23;10(1):e0076321. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00763-21. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

Andreas K Lindner¹, Lisa J Krüger², Olga Nikolai¹, Julian A F Klein², Heike Rössig³, Paul Schnitzler⁴, Victor M Corman^{5

6}, Terry C Jones^{5

6

7}, Frank Tobian², Mary Gaeddert², Susen Burock⁸, Jilian A Sacks⁹, Joachim Seybold³, Frank P Mockenhaupt¹, Claudia M Denkinger^{2

10}

¹ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin, Germany.
² Division of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Center of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Medical Directorate, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Virology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Charité, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Centre for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁸ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berlin, Germany.
⁹ Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ German Centre for Infection Research, Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Keywords: B.1.1.7 lineage; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antigen-detecting rapid test; variants of concern.

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