• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021
  • Beteiligte: Willeit, Peter; Bernar, Benoît; Zurl, Christoph; Al-Rawi, Mariam; Berghold, Andrea; Bernhard, David; Borena, Wegene; Doppler, Christian; Kerbl, Reinhold; Köhler, Alwin; Krause, Robert; Lamprecht, Bernd; Pröll, Johannes; Schmidt, Hannes; Steinmetz, Ivo; Stelzl, Evelyn; Stoiber, Heribert; von Laer, Dorothee; Zuber, Johannes; Müller, Thomas; Strenger, Volker; Wagner, Michael
  • Erschienen: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), 2021
  • Erschienen in: Eurosurveillance, 26 (2021) 34
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.34.2100797
  • ISSN: 1560-7917
  • Schlagwörter: Virology ; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ; Epidemiology
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  • Beschreibung: This study evaluates the performance of the antigen-based anterior nasal screening programme implemented in all Austrian schools to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections. We combined nationwide antigen-based screening data obtained in March 2021 from 5,370 schools (Grade 1–8) with an RT-qPCR-based prospective cohort study comprising a representative sample of 244 schools. Considering a range of assumptions, only a subset of infected individuals are detected with the programme (low to moderate sensitivity) and non-infected individuals mainly tested negative (very high specificity).
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