How to Use antigen in a Sentence

antigen

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  • 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 | Lgore@al.com, 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
  • Celebrity will charge guests $178 per person for the antigen tests.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2021
  • 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 four ways to test for H. pylori: a urea breath test, a stool antigen test, an upper endoscopy, and a blood test.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • There are other over-the-counter rapid antigen tests available, like one from Ellume, out in the market.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The letters stand for different proteins (antigens) in the blood.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 6 May 2023
  • While rapid antigen tests are sold at drug stores, the demand is outpacing the supply.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 21 Aug. 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
  • The agency cites its own study that looked at the number of antigens given to children during their first two years of life.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024

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