Detection of the Omicron Variant Virus With the Abbott BinaxNow SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Assay.
Open Forum Infect Dis
; 9(3): ofac022, 2022 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-35169591
ABSTRACT
We assessed the ability of the BinaxNow rapid test to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen from 4 individuals with Omicron and Delta infections. We performed serial dilutions of nasal swab samples, and specimens with concentrations ofâ
≥100 000 copies/swab were positive, demonstrating that the BinaxNow test is able to detect the Omicron variant.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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En
Revista:
Open Forum Infect Dis
Año:
2022
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Article
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Estados Unidos