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ArticleJournal of clinical virology plus2023

Clinical assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by rapid antigen test compared with virus isolation.

Tai-Ling Chao, Wen-Hau Lee, Hui-Chun Hu, Yi-Chun Lin, Shu-Yuan Ho, Hui-Hou Chen, Cheng-Pin Chen, Ya-Min Tsai, Jun-Tung Fang, Si-Man Leong and 5 more

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Article in Journal of clinical virology plus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tai-Ling ChaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Wen-Hau LeeDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Hui-Chun HuDepartment of Nursing, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yi-Chun LinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Shu-Yuan HoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hui-Hou ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Cheng-Pin ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ya-Min TsaiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Jun-Tung FangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Si-Man LeongDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Yu-Chen ChengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Mavis PengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Shu-Hsing ChengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chien-Yu ChengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Sui-Yuan ChangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWMinistry of Health and Welfare · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) remains as a golden standard for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, it can not be easily expanded to large-scaled screening during outbreaks, and the positive results do not necessarily correlate with infectious status of the identified subjects. In this study, the performance of Vstrip® RV2 COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test (RAT) and its correlation with virus infectivity was examined by virus culture using 163 sequential respiratory specimens collected from 26 SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. When the presence of cytopathic effects (CPE) in cell culture was used as a reference method for virus infectivity, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of Vstrip® RV2 COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test was 96.43%, 89.63%, and 90.8%, respectively. The highest Ct value was 27.7 for RdRp gene and 25.79 for E gene within CPE-positive samples, and the highest Ct value was 31.9 for RdRp gene and 29.1 for E gene within RAT positive samples. When the Ct values of specimens were below 25, the CPE and RAT results had high degree of consistency. We concluded that the RAT could be a great alternative method for determining the infectious potential of individuals with high viral load.

Indexed as

InfectivityRapid antigen testReal-time RT-PCRSARS-COV-2

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PMID36594045
PMCPMC9798665
OpenAlexW4313334237

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