Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers’ SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently and nested viral culture study
Authors
- Marta García‐Fiñana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-0575)
- Xingna Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-2112)
- Iain Buchan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3392-1650)
- Timothy Neal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1693-6845)
- Xiaofeng Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-4079)
- Gary Leeming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5554-5302)
- Chris Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-9285)
- Christopher P. Cheyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2330-9559)
- Sarah Tunkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-2472)
- Michael Humann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-6653)
- Susanna Dodd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2851-3337)
- Malcolm Gracie Semple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9700-0418)
- Tom Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-2279)
- Rebekah Penrice-Randal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0653-2097)
- David M. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-9994)
- Girvan Burnside (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-1346)
- Lance C. W. Turtle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-1693)
- Claire Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7521-7641)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Public Health Wales (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
- UK Health Security Agency (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10155-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Warwick
- University of Oxford
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Economic and Social Research Council