Impaired detection of omicron by SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests

Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Genomics, transmissibility, and responses to current COVID‐19 vaccines

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Rapid and sensitive identification of omicron by variant-specific PCR and nanopore sequencing: paradigm for diagnostics of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Considerable escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron to antibody neutralization

(2022) Delphine Planas et al.   NATURE

Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization

(2022) Sandile Cele et al.   NATURE

Three exposures to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 by either infection or vaccination elicit superior neutralizing immunity to all variants of concern

(2022) Paul R. Wratil et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

(2022) Henning Gruell et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Isolation and Identification of a Rare Spike Gene Double-Deletion SARS-CoV-2 Variant From the Patient With High Cycle Threshold Value

(2022) Li-Teh Liu et al.   Frontiers in Medicine

Prospective Longitudinal Serosurvey of Health Care Workers in the First Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in a Quaternary Care Hospital in Munich, Germany

(2021) Tobias Weinberger et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evaluation of two rapid antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital setting

(2021) Andreas Osterman et al.   MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Limits and Opportunities of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Tests: An Experienced-Based Perspective

(2021) Verena Schildgen et al.   Pathogens

Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England

(2021) Erik Volz et al.   NATURE

Comparison of four commercial, automated antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

(2021) Andreas Osterman et al.   MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizing antibody escape

(2021) Fabian Schmidt et al.   NATURE

In Vitro Rapid Antigen Test Performance with the SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 (Beta), P.1 (Gamma), and B.1.617.2 (Delta)

(2021) Sabrina Jungnick et al.   Microorganisms

SARS-CoV-2 rapid diagnostic tests for emerging variants

(2021) Meriem Bekliz et al.   Lancet Microbe

Comparative sensitivity evaluation for 122 CE-marked rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigen, Germany, September 2020 to April 2021

(2021) Heinrich Scheiblauer et al.   Eurosurveillance

Establishment of a specimen panel for the decentralised technical evaluation of the sensitivity of 31 rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigen, Germany, September 2020 to April 2021

(2021) Andreas Puyskens et al.   Eurosurveillance

Evolutionary analysis of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the SARS-CoV-2 viruses

(2021) Saathvik R. Kannan et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Assessment of the Analytical Sensitivity of 10 Lateral Flow Devices against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant

(2021) Joshua Deerain et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Relative instantaneous reproduction number of Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variant with respect to the Delta variant in Denmark

(2021) Kimihito Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Omicron (B.1.1.529 variant of SARS‐CoV‐2); an emerging threat: Current global scenario

(2021) Ranjan K. Mohapatra et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Comparative Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Tests for the Delta Variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) Yuko Sakai-Tagawa et al.   Viruses-Basel

Recalibrating SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Lateral Flow Test Relative Sensitivity from Validation Studies to Absolute Sensitivity for Indicating Individuals Shedding Transmissible Virus

(2021) Irene Petersen et al.   Clinical Epidemiology

Accuracy and ease-of-use of seven point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting tests: A multi-centre clinical evaluation

(2021) Lisa J. Krüger et al.   EBioMedicine

Relative Reproduction Number of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Compared with Delta Variant in South Africa

(2021) Hiroshi Nishiura et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid tests for the delta variant

(2021) Meriem Bekliz et al.   Lancet Microbe

Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020

(2020) Anika Singanayagam et al.   Eurosurveillance

Syrian hamsters as a small animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection and countermeasure development

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A super-spreader of COVID-19 in Ningbo city in China

(2020) Jie Lin et al.   Journal of Infection and Public Health

Differential Expression of Viral Transcripts From Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Moderate and Severe COVID-19 Patients and Its Implications for Case Severity

(2020) Teng Liu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genomic epidemiology of superspreading events in Austria reveals mutational dynamics and transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2

(2020) Alexandra Popa et al.   Science Translational Medicine

SARS-CoV-2 structure and replication characterized by in situ cryo-electron tomography

(2020) Steffen Klein et al.   Nature Communications

Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test: Potential to help reduce community spread?

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