{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(11)"],"submitter":["Verde P"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4> Most SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) validation studies have been performed on specimens from COVID-19 patients and negative controls or from mostly symptomatic individuals. Herein we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of AFIAS COVID-19 Ag, hereinafter denominated as AFIAS, during a COVID-19 screening program surveillance testing conducted among personnel of an Italian military airport. <h4>Methods</h4> Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPSs) were collected from study participants and were analysed by both AFIAS and RT-PCR assay. A questionnaire collecting demographic and exposure data were administered to all participants. AFIAS accuracy parameters including Cohen’s kappa (K) were determined. <h4>Results</h4> Overall, from November 2020 to April 2021, 1294 (NPSs) w"],"journal":["PloS one"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9704652"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Diagnostic accuracy of a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test among military and civilian personnel of an Air Force airport in central Italy"],"pmcid":["PMC9704652"],"pubmed_authors":["Taffon S","Costantino A","Cresta R","Marcantonio C","Spada E","Verde P","Simeoni M","Campanella C","Tritarelli E","Bruni R","Ciccaglione A","Martina A","Nisini R","Pisani G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Diagnostic accuracy of a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test among military and civilian personnel of an Air Force airport in central Italy","description":"<h4>Background</h4> Most SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) validation studies have been performed on specimens from COVID-19 patients and negative controls or from mostly symptomatic individuals. Herein we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of AFIAS COVID-19 Ag, hereinafter denominated as AFIAS, during a COVID-19 screening program surveillance testing conducted among personnel of an Italian military airport. <h4>Methods</h4> Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPSs) were collected from study participants and were analysed by both AFIAS and RT-PCR assay. A questionnaire collecting demographic and exposure data were administered to all participants. AFIAS accuracy parameters including Cohen’s kappa (K) were determined. <h4>Results</h4> Overall, from November 2020 to April 2021, 1294 (NPSs) w","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-04-21T16:10:50.047Z","creation":"2025-02-19T04:37:30.208Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9704652","cross_references":{}}