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Regional Evaluation of Two SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests in East Africa

Published:2023-06-15 Issue:3 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Affara Muna¹²^ORCID,Lagu Hakim Idris²,Achol Emmanuel²,Omari Neema¹²,Ochido Grace¹²,Kezakarayagwa Eric³,Kabatesi Francine³,Nduwimana Cassien³,Nkeshimana Anatole³,Duku Samson Donald⁴,Awin Nykwec Gwokpan⁴,Daniel Wani Lako Joseph⁴,Lasuba Michael⁴,Lojok Deng Lul⁴,Ezekiely Kelly Maria⁵⁶,Bernard Mtesigwa Mkama Peter⁵⁶,Magesa Alex⁵⁶,Said Ali Salum⁷,Amour Rashid Sabra⁷,Pimundu Godfrey⁸,Muyigi Tonny⁸,Ndidde Nabadda Susan⁸,Rutayisire Robert⁹,Kabanda Alice⁹,Kabalisa Emmanuel⁹,May Jürgen¹¹⁰¹¹,Nzeyimana Eric²,Katende Michael²,Gehre Florian¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

2. East African Community (EAC), Arusha, Tanzania

3. National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Fight Against AIDS, Bujumbura, Burundi

4. Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Centre, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan

5. Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania

6. National Public Health Laboratory, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

7. Zanzibar National Public Health Laboratory, Stonetown, Zanzibar

8. National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS), Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

9. National Reference Laboratory, Kigali, Rwanda

10. German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany

11. Tropical Medicine II, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

Accurate diagnostic tests are essential to both support the management and containment of outbreaks, as well as inform appropriate patient care. In the case of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests (Ag-RDTs) played a major role in this function, enabling widespread testing by untrained individuals, both at home and within health facilities.

Funder

KfW Entwicklungsbank

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.04895-22

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