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American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 5(10), 2022
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01922-22
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Decreased Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Test Is Associated with a Lower Viral Load of Omicron than Delta SARS-CoV-2 Variant
Journal article published in 2022 by
Théophile Cocherie,
Mathilda Bastide,
Soraya Sakhi,
Karen Zafilaza,
Philippe Flandre 
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Valentin Leducq ,
Aude Jary ,
Sonia Burrel ,
Martine Louet,
Vincent Calvez,
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin,
Stéphane Marot
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Valentin Leducq ,
Aude Jary ,
Sonia Burrel ,
Martine Louet,
Vincent Calvez,
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin,
Stéphane Marot
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
Previous reports have shown a variability in the diagnostic performance of RDTs. In the era of SARS-CoV-2 variants and the use of RDT, mutation associated with these variants could affect the test performance.