Rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection by immunofluorescence – a new tool to detect infectivity

  1. Lorena Porte
  2. Paulette Legarraga
  3. Mirentxu Iruretagoyena
  4. Valeska Vollrath
  5. Gabriel Pizarro
  6. José M. Munita
  7. Rafael Araos
  8. Thomas Weitzel
1 evaluations Published on
Read the full article Related papers
This article on Sciety

Abstract

The evaluated SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid fluorescence immunoassays reliably identified patients within the first 5 days of symptom onset, when respiratory secretions carried high viral loads. This high performance suggests that these tests might play an important role for future PCR-independent strategies to detect early or infective cases.

Related articles

Related articles are currently not available for this article.