Rapid antigen testing as a reactive response to surges in nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 outbreak risk

R. Smith, David; Duval, Audrey; Ralph Zahar, Jean; EMAE-MESuRS Working Group on Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 Modelling, the; Hendrickx, Niels; Jean, Kévin; Jijón, Sofía; Oodally, Ajmal; Shirreff, George; Tamandjou, Cynthia; Opatowski, Lulla; Temime, Laura

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27845-w

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Rapid antigen testing as a reactive response to surges in nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 outbreak risk

Published in Nature Communications • Jan 11, 2022

Authors:

David R. Smith

Audrey Duval

Jean Ralph Zahar

Abstract

Healthcare facilities are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 introductions and subsequent nosocomial outbreaks. Antigen rapid diagnostic testing (Ag-RDT) is widely used for population screening, but its health and economic benefits as a reactive response to local surges in outbreak risk are unclear. We simula...

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Outbreak

Transmission (telecommunications)

Medicine

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