Clinical accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing in screening children and adolescents

Affiliations

• ¹ Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany; Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ³ Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Versbacher Str. 7, Würzburg 97078, Germany.
• ⁴ Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, Würzburg 97080, Germany.
• ⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ⁷ Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ⁸ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Pleicherwall 2, Wuerzburg 97070, Germany.
• ⁹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ¹¹ Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Unit, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany; Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ¹² Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ¹³ Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany.
• ¹⁴ Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, Wuerzburg 97080, Germany; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Beutenbergstraße 13, Jena 07745, Germany.