How have home testing kits affected official reporting of COVID-19 cases in the US? UCSF JAMANetworkOpen HomeTesting COVID19 SARSCoV2 Coronavirus Reporting
By Neha MathurJan 30 2023Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers gathered patients' self-reported data about the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic from across the United States of America .
However, the increasing availability of home-based COVID-19 rapid antigen tests made it challenging to interpret temporal trends in officially reported COVID-19 case numbers based on the number of positive tests. On August 15, 2022, the researchers also retrieved data from the Johns Hopkins coronavirus resource center, representing nationwide SARS-CoV-2 testing data. They used it to plot seven-day moving averages of the cumulative number of daily COVID-19 tests and test positivity.
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