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 Laveno-Mombello. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 21, 21010 Castelveccana VA, Italia
3.2 km
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Piazza Imbarcadero, 9, 21010 Porto Valtravaglia VA, Italia
4.4 km
Via Giuseppe Verdi, 55C, 21034 Cocquio-Trevisago VA, Italia
5.6 km
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Via per Miazzina, 28814 Cambiasca VB, Italia
4.9 km
Via Mario Monfrini, 11, 21023 Besozzo VA, Italia
5 km
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Via Vittorio Veneto, 12, 21030 Cuvio VA, Italia
5.7 km
Via Roma, 34, 21024 Biandronno VA, Italia
8.1 km
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Via Trieste, 6, 21028 Travedona-Monate VA, Italia
8.2 km
Viale Bonomi, 23, 28046 Meina NO, Italia
9.5 km
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Via Giacomo Matteotti, 43, 21020 Casciago VA, Italia
9.9 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...
Unlike PCR tests that require sending swabs to a specialised laboratory, the rapid tests (also called antigens) can return results without being sent to a specialised structure. Some tests provide results even while waiting in less than fifteen minutes. These tests are also known as lateral flow method or fluorescence.
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.