Antigen Test - what is it and how the test is done
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Find out where to get a Rapid Covid Test (Lateral Flow Test) in Gaeta. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Ancona, 21, 04024 Gaeta LT, Italia
Via Salita Cappuccini snc - 04024 Gaeta - LT
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Via Giuseppe Paone, 58, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Via Giuseppe Paone, 12, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Via Vitruvio, 129, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Via Vitruvio, 84, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Largo Domenico Paone, 2, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Via Appia Lato Napoli 228, 04023 Formia Latina, Italy
3.4 km
Via Civita Farnese, 04020 Itri LT, Italia
5.8 km
Via dei Platani, 58, 04023 Formia LT, Italia
3.4 km
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 8, 04026 Minturno LT, Italia
9.7 km
Via Appia, 6, 04026 Minturno LT, Italia
9.7 km
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Usually antigen tests/lateral flow tests do not require the prescription of a doctor in Italy. However, it is good to inform your doctor about the values of the results in order to enable it to assess whether or not there is the need to prescribe a possible molecular tests.
This test is less accurate than the gold standard PCR test; however, the test accuracy has shown to be higher when used by trained laboratory staff.
The PCR test may take too much time for the results to be conclusive. A lateral antibody test is less costly, faster and more sensitive to identifying the covid19 virus. It has been important for hospital workers, frontline workers, and caregivers in times of covid19.