Detection of the Omicron Variant Virus With the Abbott BinaxNow SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Assay. (28th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Regan, James; Flynn, James P; Choudhary, Manish C; Uddin, Rockib; Lemieux, Jacob; Boucau, Julie; Bhattacharyya, Roby P; Barczak, Amy K; Li, Jonathan Z; Siedner, Mark J
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 9:Number 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01-28
• Subjects: BinaxNow -- diagnostic test -- rapid antigen -- SARS-CoV-2 -- viral load; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: We assessed the ability of the BinaxNow rapid test to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen from 4 individuals with Omicron and Delta infections. We performed serial dilutions of nasal swab samples, and specimens with concentrations of ≥100 000 copies/swab were positive, demonstrating that the BinaxNow test is able to detect the Omicron variant.