Population-based screening for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection using rapid antigen testing and the 5% pre-test probability. Is the specificity our problem?

José P Fernández-Vázquez Sofía Reguero Gloria Sánchez-Antolín Vicente Martín-Sánchez

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)

Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Campus de Vegazana, Universidad de León, León, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: May 2021

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