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 Porto Valtravaglia. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Piazza Imbarcadero, 9, 21010 Porto Valtravaglia VA, Italia
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 21, 21010 Castelveccana VA, Italia
1.2 km
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Via Vittorio Veneto, 12, 21030 Cuvio VA, Italia
5 km
Via per Miazzina, 28814 Cambiasca VB, Italia
6.7 km
Via Giuseppe Verdi, 55C, 21034 Cocquio-Trevisago VA, Italia
7.2 km
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Via Mario Monfrini, 11, 21023 Besozzo VA, Italia
7.6 km
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Via Malcotti, 22, 21037 Lavena Ponte Tresa VA, Italia
8.7 km
Via Roma, 34, 21024 Biandronno VA, Italia
9.9 km
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Via Giacomo Matteotti, 43, 21020 Casciago VA, Italia
10 km
Via Ausonio, 2, 21100 Varese VA, Italia
12.1 km
Via Repubblica, 2, 21050 Brusimpiano VA, Italia
10.1 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.