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Emerg Infect Dis . Model for Interpreting Discordant SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Test Results

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Emerg Infect Dis


. 2024 Jan 12;30(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid3002.230200. Online ahead of print.
Model for Interpreting Discordant SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Test Results

Oluwaseun F Egbelowo, Spencer J Fox, Graham C Gibson, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Abstract

We devised a model to interpret discordant SARS-CoV-2 test results. We estimate that, during March 2020-May 2022, a patient in the United States who received a positive rapid antigen test result followed by a negative nucleic acid test result had only a 15.4% (95% CI 0.6%-56.7%) chance of being infected.

Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; diagnostic test; rapid antigen test; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.



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