How to Use antigen in a Sentence

antigen

noun

• While rapid antigen tests are sold at drug stores, the demand is outpacing the supply.
  — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021
• Rapid antigen tests can give an answer within 15 minutes.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2021
• Authorized over-the-counter at-home rapid antigen tests can range in cost from about $20 to $35.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
• When antigen tests are used in people who feel healthy, however, their performance tends to take a nosedive.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
• In addition, at-home positive antigen tests were not counted.
  — Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2021
• At-home rapid antigen tests can range from about $20 for two tests or around $45 for one, depending on the brand, product or store.
  — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Those not vaccinated must complete a weekly PCR test or three antigen tests during weeks when teams do not play.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2021
• Those students were not to be allowed on campus, although the district tried to provide quick-response antigen tests and testing referrals.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
• The early antigen tests have been coming back negative, and the PCR test results will come in tomorrow morning.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021
• And what kind of test companies require matters, since the rapid antigen tests are not as reliable as the standard PCR versions.
  — Julie Appleby, CNN, 17 Aug. 2021
• Those who lacked the necessary documentation were steered to an on-site and free rapid testing booth where a rapid antigen test produced results within 10 minutes.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021
• The positivity rate for antigen tests last week was lower, at about 10 percent for the state of Texas, and declined to about 8 percent this weekend.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
• Demand for the 15-minute antigen test, BinaxNOW, is soaring again as people return to schools and offices.
  — New York Times, 20 Aug. 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 | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• According to the website, these are rapid antigen tests and are not PCR tests.
  — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2022
• Rapid antigen tests are now one of the hottest commodities in town after they were all but sold out at stores.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• In a change, providers will be able to administer both PCR and antigen tests.
  — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
• The most common is an antigen test, which hunts for pieces of viral proteins.
  — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• There are now 14 authorizations of over-the-counter rapid antigen tests, compared with around a half-dozen at the end of the summer.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• The first step in producing an mAb is injecting a specific antigen or foreign substance into a subject.
  — Phuoc Anh (anne) Nguyen, Pharmd, Ms, Verywell Health, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024