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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Multicenter Technical Validation of 30 Rapid Antigen Tests for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 (VALIDATE).

Gilbert Greub, Giorgia Caruana, Michael Schweitzer, Mauro Imperiali, Veronika Muigg, Martin Risch, Antony Croxatto, Onya Opota, Stefanie Heller, Diana Albertos Torres and 5 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A nationwide analytical and clinical evaluation of 44 rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 compared to RT-qPCR.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gilbert GreubInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9529-3317
Giorgia CaruanaInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2899-1489
Michael SchweitzerClinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Mauro ImperialiCentro Medicina di Laboratorio Dr Risch, Via Arbostra 2, 6963 Pregassona, Switzerland.
Veronika MuiggClinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Martin RischCoordination Commission of Clinical Microbiology, Swiss Society of Microbiology, 1033 Cheseaux, Switzerland.
Antony CroxattoInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Onya OpotaInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5421-0607
Stefanie HellerClinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Diana Albertos TorresClinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Marie-Lise TrittenADMed Microbiologie Laboratory, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Karoline LeuzingerClinical Virology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Hans H HirschClinical Virology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0883-0423
Reto LienhardCoordination Commission of Clinical Microbiology, Swiss Society of Microbiology, 1033 Cheseaux, Switzerland.
Adrian EgliCoordination Commission of Clinical Microbiology, Swiss Society of Microbiology, 1033 Cheseaux, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3564-8603
University of Basel · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHLabormedizinische Zentrum Dr Risch (Switzerland) · CHUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During COVID19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests (RATs) were marketed with minimal or no performance data. We aimed at closing this gap by determining technical sensitivities and specificities of 30 RATs prior to market release. We developed a standardized technical validation protocol and assessed 30 RATs across four diagnostic laboratories. RATs were tested in parallel using the Standard Q

Indexed as

COVID-19diagnosticsrapid antigen testSARS-CoV-2virus testing

Identifiers

PMID34946190
PMCPMC8704317
OpenAlexW4200299624

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