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 Marciana. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via della Ferriera, 22, 57037 Portoferraio LI, Italia
8.5 km
Piazza De Santis, 10, 57036 Porto Azzurro LI, Italia
11.8 km
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Via Ischia, 6, 57025 Piombino LI, Italia
20.4 km
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Via Don Luigi Sturzo, 2, 57021 Campiglia Marittima LI, Italia
29.4 km
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 36, 57027 San Vincenzo LI, Italia
28.5 km
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Via Litoranea, 89, 58022 Follonica GR, Italia
31.4 km
Via della Repubblica, 65, 58022 Follonica GR, Italia
31.4 km
Via della Marina, 9, 57022 Castagneto Carducci LI, Italia
34 km
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Via della Repubblica, 7, 57022 Castagneto Carducci LI, Italia
34 km
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Via della Sassetta, 2, 57022 Castagneto Carducci LI, Italia
34 km
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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.