1. Clinical validation of an open-access SARS-COV-2 antigen detection lateral flow assay, compared to commercially available assays.
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Christine M Bachman, Benjamin D Grant, Caitlin E Anderson, Luis F Alonzo, Spencer Garing, Sam A Byrnes, Rafael Rivera, Stephen Burkot, Alexey Ball, James W Stafford, Wenbo Wang, Dipayan Banik, Matthew D Keller, David M Cate, Kevin P Nichols, Bernhard H Weigl, and Puneet Dewan
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Rapid tests for SARS-COV-2 infection are important tools for pandemic control, but current rapid tests are based on proprietary designs and reagents. We report clinical validation results of an open-access lateral flow assay (OA-LFA) design using commercially available materials and reagents, along with RT-qPCR and commercially available comparators (BinaxNOW® and Sofia®). Adult patients with suspected COVID-19 based on clinical signs and symptoms, and with symptoms ≤7 days duration, underwent anterior nares (AN) sampling for the OA-LFA, Sofia®, BinaxNOW ™, and RT-qPCR, along with nasopharyngeal (NP) RT-qPCR. Results indicate a positive predictive agreement with NP sampling as 69% (60% -78%) OA-LFA, 74% (64% - 82%) Sofia®, and 82% (73% - 88%) BinaxNOW™. The implication for these results is that we provide an open-access LFA design that meets the minimum WHO target product profile for a rapid test, that virtually any diagnostic manufacturer could produce.
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- 2021
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