Self-testing for 5 respiratory viruses in adult VACCELERATE volunteers in Germany—a pilot study on multi-pathogen rapid antigen testing to monitor community-acquired acute respiratory infections
This study allowed real-time reporting of five endemic ARI pathogens in a citizen science project. Symptom burden was highest in influenza A. Seasonal and off-seasonal RSV detection hint toward relevant RSV circulation in adults all year round.
Authors
- Zoi Dorothea Pana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5893-1081)
- Julian Fleig
- Jannik Stemler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9152-2469)
- Julia A. Nacov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-2937)
- Christina Többen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-1583)
- Jon Salmanton‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6766-8297)
- Oliver A. Cornely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9599-3137)
- Ullrich Bethe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9979-1671)
- Carolin Joisten
- Sarah Heringer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-0344)
- Sibylle C. Mellinghoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-2503)
- Louise Cremer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1425-7352)
- Ben Mechtel
- Lisa Marie Rochel
- Fiona Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-5768)
- Erik Müller
- Heinz‐Josef Schmitt
Institutions
- University of Nicosia (CY)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1638280
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- European Commission