Head-to-head comparison of nasal and nasopharyngeal sampling using SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in Lesotho

• Niklaus D. Labhardt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: niklaus.labhardt@usb.ch

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-1791

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• Lucia González Fernández,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, SolidarMed, Partnerships for Health, Lucerne, Switzerland

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• Bulemba Katende,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SolidarMed, Partnerships for Health, Maseru, Lesotho

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-0612

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• Josephine Muhairwe,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SolidarMed, Partnerships for Health, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Moniek Bresser,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Alain Amstutz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Tracy R. Glass,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Morten Ruhwald,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jilian A. Sacks,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Camille Escadafal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Mathabo Mareka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health of Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Sekhele M. Mooko,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health of Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Margaretha de Vos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation FIND, The Global Alliance for Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Klaus Reither

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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