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Real-world utility of antigen-based testing (lumiraDX) for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A/B in an acute hospital emergency care setting: a useful triage tool

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By David Crawford-Jones, Louise Downs, Katie Jeffery
| Journal of Infection Verified
During the COVID-19 pandemic antigen-based lateral flow (LFD) assays for SARS-CoV-2 were widely used in the community and hospitals for point of care (POC) diagnosis. Though less sensitive than molecular assays, LFDs showed high specificity and effectively identified patients with high viral loads, enabling early diagnosis and infection control triage1. Systematic reviews highlight that multiplex molecular assays at the POC reduce diagnosis time and improve influenza antiviral use2,3.
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Pathogens don't respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health

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By Mark Harrington, Louise Downs, Nancy Kagwanja, Anthony O. Etyang
| The Lancet Verified
We are facing a new threat to global health. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear to health-care providers, public health practitioners, policy makers, and communities that pathogens do not respect borders.1 Now we highlight that nor do infectious diseases defer to presidents or politicians.
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Hepatitis B Core Related Antigen - Does it meet our expectations? Evidence from Cohorts in the United Kingdom and South Africa

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By Louise Downs, Marion Delphin, Marije van Schalwyk, Susan Hugo
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Wellcome Trust [220549/Z/20/Z and 110110/Z/15/Z). LOD is funded by a Wellcome Trust Grant (ref. 225485/Z/22/Z) and Oxford University John Fell Fund (award number 0012112). SFL is funded by a Wellcome doctoral fellowship (ref 220549/Z/20/Z ). PCM receives funding from Wellcome (ref 110110/Z/15/Z), the Francis Crick Institute (ref CC2223) and University College London NIHR Biomedical Research Centre.
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