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 Porlezza. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Ceresio, 28, 22018 Porlezza CO, Italia
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Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 14, 22024 Alta Valle Intelvi CO, Italia
5.7 km
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Piazza Roma, 11, 22025 Lezzeno CO, Italia
7.2 km
Via Campaccio, 2, 22010 Musso CO, Italia
9 km
Piazza Virgilio Matteri, 4, 22014 Dongo CO, Italia
9.7 km
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Via Roma, 93, 23827 Lierna LC, Italia
10.6 km
Via Regina, 36, 22015 Gravedona ed Uniti CO, Italia
11.8 km
Via Trento, 12, 22015 Gravedona ed Uniti CO, Italia
11.8 km
Via Repubblica, 2, 21050 Brusimpiano VA, Italia
12.7 km
Via Nazionale Sud, 22, 23823 Colico LC, Italia
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Via Malcotti, 22, 21037 Lavena Ponte Tresa VA, Italia
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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.