Study: Lateral flow antigen testing can rapidly and accurately detect early COVID-19 among patients presenting with flu-like illness and can be a plausible alternative to RT-PCR.

Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lateral flow antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 with RT-PCR in primary care (REAP-2) – EClinicalMedicine

News release: Lateral flow tests are 95% effective at detecting Covid-19 when used at the onset of symptoms – University of Oxford

Related:

Interactive Infographic | Interpreting a lateral flow SARS-CoV-2 antigen test – “This calculator demonstrates how interpreting a covid-19 lateral flow device (LFD) result varies according to the pre-test probability, and the sensitivity and specificity of the LFD used”.

Rapid point-of-care tests for diagnosing COVID-19 infection: the latest Cochrane evidence

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lateral flow antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 with RT-PCR in primary care (REAP-2)

Thread on today's @EDGEclinical paper, with some recommendations at the end for how we can improve UK testing. ?

1/ https://t.co/FEoTbbxdO2

— The Sharing Scientist (@ScienceShared) July 14, 2021