Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
January 28, 2021
Performance Characteristics of BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Card for Screening Asymptomatic Individuals in a University Setting
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Testing and Treatment
Keywords (Tags): colleges, testing
The BinaxNow Antigen Card showed low analytical sensitivity (53%) for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population of asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic individuals when compared to RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2.
Okoye et al. (Jan 27, 2021). Performance Characteristics of BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Card for Screening Asymptomatic Individuals in a University Setting. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03282-20