Clinical accuracy of instrument-based SARS-CoV-2 antigen diagnostic tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Katharina Manten,
Stephan Katzenschlager,
Lukas E. Brümmer
et al.
Abstract:Background
During the COVID-19 pandemic, antigen diagnostic tests were frequently used for screening, triage, and diagnosis. Novel instrument-based antigen tests (iAg tests) hold the promise of outperforming their instrument-free, visually-read counterparts. Here, we provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 iAg tests’ clinical accuracy.
Methods
We systematically searched MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, medRxiv, and bioR… Show more
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