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    The White House says the president has mild symptoms and will isolate but continue to work.

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    • Biden is COVID+ It was bound to happen w all @POTUS’s job entails. Luckily, he has mild symptoms & hopefully it’ll stay that way since he’s completely #vaxxed. SMART: He’s isolating until #RapidTest negative, which w B5 may take a while👇💥   MEDSCAPE: https://t.co/lf39cLMTna https://t.co/Tfx4teEgeP

  • Mashup Score: 39

    Background The emergence of each novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) requires investigation of its potential impact on the performance of diagnostic tests in use, including Antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT). Although anecdotal reports have been circulating that the newly emerged Omicron variant is in principle detectable by Ag-RDTs, few data on sensitivity are available….

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    • Update of our antigen-detecting #rapidtest study on Omicron, now available on medrxiv: Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid tests for Omicron variant - what did we find? #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #Omicron https://t.co/ODeE8m9I5T

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    Explore the principles of pretest and posttest probability and how they relate to COVID-19 testing and the microbiologic testing of other infectious diseases.

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    • If you have #COVID19 symptoms but #rapidtest is negative, it's probably a false negative, maybe because viral load might not be high at the time (PCR would find it), or more likely you didn't do the swab properly. Good summary of test interpretation here: https://t.co/xh4cOPsPS1

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    The emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) requires investigation of a potential impact on diagnostic performance, especially on Antigen-detecting rapid antigenic tests (Ag-RDT). Although anecdotal reports have been circulating that Omicron is in principle detected by several Ag-RDTs, no published data are a yet available for the newly emerged Omicron variant. Here, we have…

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    • Our pre-print on #rapidtest sensitivity for cultured #Omicron variant: Tendency towards lower sensitivity for Omicron compared to earlier variants & first wave #SARSCoV2. Clinical validations of Ag-RDTs in background of Omicron circulation urgently needed! https://t.co/gQwUURUU8S