Molecular accuracy vs antigenic speed: SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies
The pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit every corner of the world faster than any infectious disease ever known. In this context, rapid and accurate testing of positive cases are essential to follow the test-trace-isolate strategy (TETRIS), whi...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Institut Pasteur de Montevideo |
| Repositorio: | IPMON en REDI |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redi.anii.org.uy:20.500.12381/3466 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/3466 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coph.2021.12.006 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | SARS-CoV-2 Testing strategies RT-PCR Antigenic test Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Ciencias Biológicas Virología |
| Sumario: | The pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit every corner of the world faster than any infectious disease ever known. In this context, rapid and accurate testing of positive cases are essential to follow the test-trace-isolate strategy (TETRIS), which has proven to be a key approach to constrain viral spread. Here, we discuss how to interpret and combine molecular or/and antigen-based detection methods for SARS-CoV-2 as well as when they should be used. Their application can be cleverly designed as an algorithm to prevent viral dissemination according to distinct epidemiological contexts within surveillance programs. |
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