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. 2021 Mar 11;13(3):457. doi: 10.3390/v13030457

Table 3.

Percent reduction in daily incidence transmission for antigen and paper-strip tests at various daily testing capacities compared to daily incidence transmission for a RT-PCR test administered at C=0.1 testing capacity per day.

Test Type Infectious Subgroup C=0.1 C=0.3 C=0.6 C=1
Antigen Symptomatic 39.6% 70.5% 76.4% 76.7%
Presymptomatic 32.8% 70.0% 75.3% 85.6%
Asymptomatic 37.9% 70.2% 76.0% 79.0%
Total 37.9% 70.2% 76.0% 78.9%
Paper-strip Symptomatic 8.9% 68.2% 73.8% 76.7%
Presymptomatic 9.2% 68.0% 70.3% 79.1%
Asymptomatic 9.0% 68.1% 73.0% 77.3%
Total 9.0% 68.1% 73.0% 77.3%