Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021

Peter Willeit; Benoît Bernar; Christoph Zurl; Mariam Al-Rawi; Andrea Berghold; David Bernhard; Wegene Borena; Christian Doppler; Reinhold Kerbl; Alwin Köhler; Robert Krause; Bernd Lamprecht; Johannes Pröll; Hannes Schmidt; Ivo Steinmetz; E Stelzl; Heribert Stoiber; Dorothee von Laer; Johannes Zuber; Thomas Müller; Volker Strenger; Michael Wagner

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.34.2100797

Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021

Peter Willeit
, Benoît Bernar
, Christoph Zurl
, Mariam Al-Rawi
, Andrea Berghold
, David Bernhard
, Wegene Borena
, Christian Doppler
, Reinhold Kerbl
, Alwin Köhler
, Robert Krause
, Bernd Lamprecht
, Johannes Pröll
, Hannes Schmidt
, Ivo Steinmetz
, E Stelzl
, Heribert Stoiber
, Dorothee von Laer
, Johannes Zuber
, Thomas Müller

Volker Strenger, Michael Wagner

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This study evaluates the performance of the antigen-based anterior nasal screening programme implemented in all Austrian schools to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections. We combined nationwide antigen-based screening data obtained in March 2021 from 5,370 schools (Grade 1–8) with an RT-qPCR-based prospective cohort study comprising a representative sample of 244 schools. Considering a range of assumptions, only a subset of infected individuals are detected with the programme (low to moderate sensitivity) and non-infected individuals mainly tested negative (very high specificity).

Original language	English
Article number	2100797
Number of pages	1
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	26
Issue number	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.34.2100797
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2021

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303 Health Sciences
304 Medical Biotechnology
305 Other Human Medicine, Health Sciences
301 Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
302 Clinical Medicine

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Willeit, P., Bernar, B., Zurl, C., Al-Rawi, M., Berghold, A., Bernhard, D., Borena, W., Doppler, C., Kerbl, R., Köhler, A., Krause, R., Lamprecht, B., Pröll, J., Schmidt, H., Steinmetz, I., Stelzl, E., Stoiber, H., von Laer, D., Zuber, J., ... Wagner, M. (2021). Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021. Eurosurveillance, 26(34), Article 2100797. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.34.2100797

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