Performance of the Innova SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid lateral flow test in the Liverpool asymptomatic testing pilot: population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the performance of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid lateral flow test (LFT) versus polymerase chain reaction testing in the asymptomatic general population attending testing centres.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

Community LFT pilot at covid-19 testing sites in Liverpool, UK.

Participants

5869 asymptomatic adults (≥18 years) voluntarily attending one of 48 testing sites during 6-29 November 2020.

Interventions

Participants were tested using both an Innova LFT and a quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) test based on supervised self-administered swabbing at testing sites.

Main outcome measures

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of LFT compared with RT-qPCR in an epidemic ste

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Finana M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature