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 Lesina. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via dei Campioni, 6/A, 86039 Termoli CB, Italia
20.8 km
Unverified
Corso Roma 122, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo Foggia, Italy
22 km
Corso Nazionale, 33, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo FG, Italia
22 km
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Via Emanuele Di Giovine, 28, 71036 Lucera FG, Italia
24.7 km
Via Ortensia D' Avalos 19, 86038 Petacciato Campobasso, Italy
27.5 km
Viale Michelangelo, 13, 71121 Foggia FG, Italia
29.4 km
Via Madonna del Carmine, 32, 86036 Montenero di Bisaccia CB, Italia
30.2 km
Via Antonio Canova, 66050 San Salvo CH, Italia
34.4 km
Via Agostino De Pretis, 11, 86100 Campobasso CB, Italia
41.6 km
Largo Capitano Michele di Gennaro, 24, 76015 Trinitapoli BT, Italia
51.3 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.