Are rapid antigen detection tests capable of detect different SARS-COV-2 variants?

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Gabriel Martin Zulema Pérez-Martínez Susana Rojo-Alba Jose María González-Alba Mercedes Rodríguez-Pérez Jose Antonio Boga Santiago Melón Marta Elena Álvarez-Argüelles

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Rapid Antigen Detection Tests can be a good approach to in time SARS-CoV-2 detection. In this study, three different Tests from different manufacturers (Abbott, Roche and Lambra) were tested with the aim of determine if they are capable of detect multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.


Results show a total sensitivity of 72.04% for Abbott and 59.14% both for Roche and Lambra. Attending to variants, the three with higher sensitivity were: Alfa, Omicron and Delta (Abbott); Alfa, Omicron and Mu (Roche) and Alfa, Beta and Gamma (Lambra).

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MARTIN, Gabriel et al. Are rapid antigen detection tests capable of detect different SARS-COV-2 variants?. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 2, mar. 2023. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3381>. Date accessed: 21 mar. 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i2.3381.
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