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 Benevento. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Avellino, 49, 82100 Benevento BN, Italia
Viale Antonio Mellusi, 95, 82100 Benevento BN, Italia
Via Sirignano, 15, 82030 Foglianise BN, Italia
6 km
Via Francesco Manfra, 1, 83100 Avellino AV, Italia
14.9 km
Via Nazionale Torrette, 146, 83013 Mercogliano AV, Italia
14.7 km
Via 4 Novembre, 14, 80030 Tufino NA, Italia
16.5 km
Via Borgo Corpo di Cristo, 117, 80033 Cicciano NA, Italia
16.9 km
Via Cutignano, 55, 80033 Cicciano NA, Italia
16.9 km
Via Paolino Barbato, 20, 80030 Camposano NA, Italia
18 km
Strada Provinciale Marinelli, 2, 81028 Santa Maria a Vico CE, Italia
18 km
Unverified
Via Giovanni Merliano, 13, 80035 Nola NA, Italia
19.3 km
Via Monsignore Amilcare Boccio, 80035 Nola Naples, Italy
19.3 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...
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.