Detection of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 by lateral flow devices

Abbie Bown; Angela Sweed; Matthew Catton; Joshua Nelthorpe-Cowne; Hermione Conti-Frith; Ruth Elderfield; Jacob Terrey; Hamsa Abib; Caleb Lui; Ella Fisher; Kevin R Bewley; Naomi S Coombes; Donna Robinson; Somya Agrawal; Bassam Hallis; Edward Blandford; Tom Fowler; Deborah A Williamson; Richard Vipond

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.12.010

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 by lateral flow devices

Abbie Bown^*, Angela Sweed, Matthew Catton, Joshua Nelthorpe-Cowne, Hermione Conti-Frith, Ruth Elderfield, Jacob Terrey, Hamsa Abib, Caleb Lui, Ella Fisher, Kevin R Bewley, Naomi S Coombes, Donna Robinson, Somya Agrawal, Bassam Hallis, Edward Blandford, Tom Fowler, Deborah A Williamson, Richard Vipond

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Abstract

We evaluated the performance of 12 lateral flow devices by assessing their analytical sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86. Kits from ACON, Orient Gene, Xiamen Biotime, Getein, and SureScreen detected variant BA.2.86 to sufficient sensitivity levels, comparable to those observed with previous Omicron variants. The stocks of lateral flow devices currently held by the UK government do not currently need changing for deployment for this variant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	168-170
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	139
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.12.010
Publication status	Published - 4 Jan 2024

Keywords

Humans
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Government

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Bown, A., Sweed, A., Catton, M., Nelthorpe-Cowne, J., Conti-Frith, H., Elderfield, R., Terrey, J., Abib, H., Lui, C., Fisher, E., Bewley, K. R., Coombes, N. S., Robinson, D., Agrawal, S., Hallis, B., Blandford, E., Fowler, T., Williamson, D. A., & Vipond, R. (2024). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 by lateral flow devices. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 139, 168-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.12.010

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 by lateral flow devices

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