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Self-testing for covid-19

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In a linked paper, Schuit and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-071215) tackle the issue of self-testing for covid-19. Despite a recent meta-analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of single sample testing, self-testing remains a vexing problem with many open questions. The authors attempt to answer two of the main ones: Does augmentation of nasal sampling with sampling from additional sites, such as the oropharynx, increase sensitivity, specificity, or both? And do these performance metrics change with the emergence of different viral types such as omicron subvariants?

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/9z8y-rp71

Authors: Poole, Charles, Feeney, Timothy

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414683294

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