Validation testing to determine the sensitivity of lateral flow testing for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 detection in low prevalence settings: Testing frequency and public health messaging is key

• Jack Ferguson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Ferguson, Steven Dunn, Angus Best

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0503-0618

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• Steven Dunn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Ferguson, Steven Dunn, Angus Best

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1529-6900

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• Angus Best ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jack Ferguson, Steven Dunn, Angus Best

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4480-9410

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• Jeremy Mirza,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Benita Percival,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Megan Mayhew,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Oliver Megram,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Fiona Ashford,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-3864

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• Thomas White,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Emma Moles-Garcia,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Liam Crawford,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Tim Plant,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Immunology Service, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Andrew Bosworth,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Michael Kidd,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Alex Richter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan Deeks,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Alan McNally

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.mcnally.1@bham.ac.uk

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-630X

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