Evaluation of a novel SARS‐CoV‐2 rapid antigenic test diagnostic value in respiratory samples; is the reported test accuracy similar to values in the real‐world? A cross‐sectional study

Although reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) assay was introduced as the gold standard to detect SARS‐CoV‐2, the method was known to be time‐consuming besides the requirement for an equipped laboratory. This survey aims to investigate a novel SARS‐CoV‐2 antigen test as a diagnostic tool in COVID‐19 patients to overcome these limitations in addition to evaluating COVID‐19 population characteristics.

[1]  Mujeeb Khan,et al.  COVID-19: A Global Challenge with Old History, Epidemiology and Progress So Far , 2020, Molecules.

[2]  R. Urman,et al.  Biology of COVID-19 and related viruses: Epidemiology, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment , 2020, Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology.

[3]  Y. Kawaoka,et al.  Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19 , 2020, Viruses.

[4]  F. Taghipour,et al.  Diagnosis of COVID-19 for controlling the pandemic: A review of the state-of-the-art , 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

[5]  E. Berti,et al.  Skin Manifestations Associated with COVID-19: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives , 2020, Dermatology.

[6]  Jai-Sing Yang,et al.  Approaches towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic (Review) , 2020, International journal of molecular medicine.

[7]  M. Hornef,et al.  Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid antigen test to the real star Sars-CoV-2 RT PCR kit , 2020, Journal of Virological Methods.

[8]  Yuh-Min Chen,et al.  Clinical Manifestation and Disease Progression in COVID-19 Infection. , 2020, Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA.

[9]  M. Chayakulkeeree,et al.  Rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection assay in comparison with real-time RT-PCR assay for laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 in Thailand , 2020, Virology journal.

[10]  C. Akdis,et al.  Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: A review , 2020, Allergy.

[11]  J. C. Abanades,et al.  Recommendations for use of antigenic tests in the diagnosis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in the second pandemic wave: attitude in different clinical settings , 2020, Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia.

[12]  R. Viner,et al.  Systematic review of reviews of symptoms and signs of COVID-19 in children and adolescents , 2020, Archives of Disease in Childhood.

[13]  A. Nestor-Kalinoski,et al.  The COVID-19 pandemic: a global health crisis , 2020, Physiological genomics.

[14]  F. Cerutti,et al.  Urgent need of rapid tests for SARS CoV-2 antigen detection: Evaluation of the SD-Biosensor antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 , 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology.

[15]  N. Soetedjo,et al.  Effect of increased BMI and obesity on the outcome of COVID-19 adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis , 2020, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews.

[16]  Yan-Mei Huang,et al.  Obesity in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis , 2020, Metabolism.

[17]  M. Linares,et al.  Panbio antigen rapid test is reliable to diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first 7 days after the onset of symptoms , 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology.

[18]  W. Alsharif,et al.  Effectiveness of COVID-19 diagnosis and management tools: A review , 2020, Radiography.

[19]  C. L. le Roux,et al.  Obesity: A critical risk factor in the COVID‐19 pandemic , 2020, Clinical obesity.

[20]  J. Borghi,et al.  Epidemiology of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes , 2020, Journal of medical virology.

[21]  M. Maejima,et al.  Comparison of automated SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for COVID-19 infection with quantitative RT-PCR using 313 nasopharyngeal swabs, including from seven serially followed patients , 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

[22]  A. Bydon,et al.  COVID-19 and the central nervous system , 2020, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

[23]  K. Ravindra,et al.  Higher body mass index is an important risk factor in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis , 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

[24]  Bo Chen,et al.  Detection of COVID-19: A review of the current literature and future perspectives , 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

[25]  R. Pontarolo,et al.  Systematic review with meta-analysis of the accuracy of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 , 2020, American Journal of Infection Control.

[26]  A. Ranade,et al.  Origin, transmission, diagnosis and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) , 2020, Postgraduate Medical Journal.

[27]  S. Ferreira,et al.  Olfactory and taste disorders in COVID-19: a systematic review , 2020, Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology.

[28]  D. Browne,et al.  Risk and resilience in family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. , 2020, The American psychologist.

[29]  S. Dittrich,et al.  Evaluation of a novel antigen-based rapid detection test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples , 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases.