How to Use antigen in a Sentence

antigen

noun
  • The value of antigen tests is based on a simple tradeoff.
    Whet Moser, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Godbey said rapid antigen tests work well when used on a person within five to seven days of symptoms.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The technology exists to produce tens of millions of cheap, at-home antigen test strips each day.
    Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The final round each week was an antigen test carried out by Texas MedClinic.
    Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2021
  • For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 5.8%.
    Tom Steele, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 6.1%.
    Tom Steele, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 3.9%.
    Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • And if a fan is allergic to or afraid of dogs, the Heat are offering an option to skip the dog screening and submit to a rapid antigen test instead.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Also, in areas with large outbreaks antigen tests will be given every two weeks at schools, prisons, factories and construction sites.
    Barry Hatton, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
  • An antigen test is one type of test that can detect the virus.
    Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • None of the at-home rapid antigen tests available over the counter in the U.S. are designed for throat swabs.
    NBC News, 14 Jan. 2022
  • For rapid antigen tests, serial testing is the name of the game.
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Each home in the U.S. has until Friday, Sept. 2 to order the free rapid antigen test.
    Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Right now, the fastest and easiest tests to run are rapid antigen tests.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
  • Results will be valid for 72 hours for a PCR test and six hours for an antigen test.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The groups depend on the presence or absence of antigens A and B on the surface of your blood.
    Korin Miller, Health, 22 June 2024
  • The two main types of coronavirus tests are PCR and antigen tests.
    Madison Yauger, Health.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The feds will send eight rapid antigen tests to any address in the country that requests them.
    oregonlive, 17 May 2022
  • Either an antigen test or a PCR test could be used at this point.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • People who use a rapid antigen test must take it within 24 hours of the event.
    Christine Mai-Duc, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Authorized over-the-counter at-home rapid antigen tests can range in cost from about $20 to $35.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The rapid antigen tests take about 30 minutes to give results.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
  • One way to do that is to repeat the antigen at-home tests to have more confidence in the result.
    Alice Park, Time, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The CareStart antigen home test shows your results in 10 minutes.
    Samantha Jones, Health.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • After openly mocking the idea, the White House now has a plan to send free at-home covid-19 rapid antigen tests.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The Giants encourage fans to take a PCR-type test, not a rapid antigen test.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
  • And those are the exact people these antigen tests are designed to find.
    Alice Park, Time, 27 Apr. 2021
  • According to the website, these are rapid antigen tests and are not PCR tests.
    Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The immune response could also be to antigens coming from other pathogens, like the common Epstein-Barr Virus.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 3 July 2024
  • AstraZeneca later redesigned the antigens in the vaccine, earning back the CDC's recommendation starting in 2018.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024

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