Self-testing for SARS-CoV-2: importance of lay communication

Alix T. Coste; Adrian Egli; Gilbert Greub

doi:10.4414/smw.2021.20526

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Self-testing for SARS-CoV-2: importance of lay communication

Alix T. Coste⁺⁻
Adrian Egli⁺⁻
Gilbert Greub⁺⁻

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20526
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20526
Published: 05.06.2021

References

Greub G, et al. National multicenter prospective VALIDation of 36 rapid Antigen TEsts for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland (VALIDATE). Submitted 2021.
Caruana G, Croxatto A, Kampouri E, Kritikos A, Opota O, Foerster M, et al. Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing in the Emergency Ward of a Swiss University Hospital: The INCREASE Study. Microorganisms. 2021;9(4):798. doi:.https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040798
Caruana G, Lebrun LL, Aebischer O, Opota O, Urbano L, de Rham M, et al. The dark side of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing: screening asymptomatic patients. New Microbes New Infect. 2021;42:100899. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100899
Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Kausch F, Wintel M, Hommes F, Gertler M, et al. Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with self-collected nasal swab versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab. Eur Respir J. 2021;57(4):2003961. Available at:. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03961-2020
Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Burock S, Hülso C, Bölke A, et al. Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with professional-collected nasal versus nasopharyngeal swab. medRxiv. 2021:20243725. doi:
Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Kausch F, Wintel M, Gertler M, et al. SARS-CoV-2 patient self-testing with an antigen-detecting rapid test: a head-to-head comparison with professional testing. medRxiv. 2021:20249009. doi:
Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Tobian F, Junge A, Corman VM, Jones TC, et al. Anterior nasal versus nasal mid-turbinate sampling for a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test: does localisation or professional collection matter? medRxiv. 2021:21251274. doi:
Stohr JJJM, Zwart VF, Goderski G, Meijer A, Nagel-Imming CRS, Kluytmans-van den Bergh MFQ, et al. Self-testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection with rapid antigen tests. medRxiv, 2021:21252153. doi:
Callahan C, Lee R, Lee G, Zulauf KE, Kirby JE, Arnaout R. Nasal-Swab Testing Misses Patients with Low SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads. medRxiv. 2020;20128736.
Pinninti S, Trieu C, Pati SK, Latting M, Cooper J, Seleme MC, et al. Comparing Nasopharyngeal and Midturbinate Nasal Swab Testing for the Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;72(7):1253–5. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa882
Ladoy A, Opota O, Carron PN, Guessous I, Vuilleumier S, Joost S, et al. Size and duration of COVID-19 clusters go along with a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load: A spatio-temporal investigation in Vaud state, Switzerland. Sci Total Environ. 2021;787:147483. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147483

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[1] Greub G, et al. National multicenter prospective VALIDation of 36 rapid Antigen TEsts for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland (VALIDATE). Submitted 2021.

[2] Caruana G, Croxatto A, Kampouri E, Kritikos A, Opota O, Foerster M, et al. Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing in the Emergency Ward of a Swiss University Hospital: The INCREASE Study. Microorganisms. 2021;9(4):798. doi:.https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040798

[3] Caruana G, Lebrun LL, Aebischer O, Opota O, Urbano L, de Rham M, et al. The dark side of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing: screening asymptomatic patients. New Microbes New Infect. 2021;42:100899. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100899

[4] Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Kausch F, Wintel M, Hommes F, Gertler M, et al. Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with self-collected nasal swab versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab. Eur Respir J. 2021;57(4):2003961. Available at:. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03961-2020

[5] Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Burock S, Hülso C, Bölke A, et al. Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with professional-collected nasal versus nasopharyngeal swab. medRxiv. 2021:20243725. doi:

[6] Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Kausch F, Wintel M, Gertler M, et al. SARS-CoV-2 patient self-testing with an antigen-detecting rapid test: a head-to-head comparison with professional testing. medRxiv. 2021:20249009. doi:

[7] Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Tobian F, Junge A, Corman VM, Jones TC, et al. Anterior nasal versus nasal mid-turbinate sampling for a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test: does localisation or professional collection matter? medRxiv. 2021:21251274. doi:

[8] Stohr JJJM, Zwart VF, Goderski G, Meijer A, Nagel-Imming CRS, Kluytmans-van den Bergh MFQ, et al. Self-testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection with rapid antigen tests. medRxiv, 2021:21252153. doi:

[9] Callahan C, Lee R, Lee G, Zulauf KE, Kirby JE, Arnaout R. Nasal-Swab Testing Misses Patients with Low SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads. medRxiv. 2020;20128736.

[10] Pinninti S, Trieu C, Pati SK, Latting M, Cooper J, Seleme MC, et al. Comparing Nasopharyngeal and Midturbinate Nasal Swab Testing for the Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;72(7):1253–5. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa882

[11] Ladoy A, Opota O, Carron PN, Guessous I, Vuilleumier S, Joost S, et al. Size and duration of COVID-19 clusters go along with a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load: A spatio-temporal investigation in Vaud state, Switzerland. Sci Total Environ. 2021;787:147483. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147483