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I was looking at [1] recently to understand omicron variant positivity length and they cite a few other papers. The article [1] is publicly available. I haven’t checked if all of the others are.

* Routsias JG , Mavrouli M , Tsoplou P , Dioikitopoulou K , Tsakris A . Diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests (RATs) for SARS-CoV-2 and their efficacy in monitoring the infectiousness of COVID-19 patients. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):22863. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02197-z

* Currie DW , Shah MM , Salvatore PP , et al; CDC COVID-19 Response Epidemiology Field Studies Team. Relationship of SARS-CoV-2 antigen and reverse transcription PCR positivity for viral cultures. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022;28(3):717-720. doi:10.3201/eid2803.211747

* Korenkov M , Poopalasingam N , Madler M , et al. Evaluation of a rapid antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify potentially infectious individuals. J Clin Microbiol. 2021;59(9):e0089621. doi:10.1128/JCM.00896-21

* Killingley B , Mann A , Kalinova M , et al. Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge in young adults. Nat Med. 2022;28:1031-1041. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-01780-9

[1] COVID-19 Symptoms and Duration of Rapid Antigen Test Positivity at a Community Testing and Surveillance Site During Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron BA.1 Periods. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...