Test performance of lateral flow rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in Welsh adult care home staff using routine surveillance data

Craig Hogg; Sian Boots; Daniel Howorth; Christopher Williams; Margaret Heginbothom; Jane Salmon; Robin Howe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290406

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Test performance of lateral flow rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in Welsh adult care home staff using routine surveillance data

Craig Hogg ,

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

* E-mail: Craig.Hogg@wales.nhs.uk

¶‡ CH and SB are joint senior authors to this work.

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0376-0377

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Sian Boots ,

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

¶‡ CH and SB are joint senior authors to this work.

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Daniel Howorth,

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

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Christopher Williams,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Margaret Heginbothom,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Jane Salmon,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Robin Howe

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Test performance of lateral flow rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in Welsh adult care home staff using routine surveillance data

Craig Hogg,
Sian Boots,
Daniel Howorth,
Christopher Williams,
Margaret Heginbothom,
Jane Salmon,
Robin Howe

Published: August 23, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290406

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