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 Rome - Roma. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Salvatore Lo Bianco, 16, 00188 Roma RM, Italia
Via Sicilia, 41, 00187 Roma RM, Italia
Viale Alessandro Manzoni, 69, 00185 Roma RM, Italia
Viale Giulio Cesare, 73, 00192 Roma RM, Italia
Via di Pietralata, 160, 00158 Roma RM, Italia
Via Olevano Romano, 220, 00171 Roma RM, Italia
Via Troilo il Grande, 55, 00131 Roma RM, Italia
Via Gaetano Fuggetta, 5, 00149 Roma RM, Italia
Via Luigi Rizzo, 96, 00136 Roma RM, Italia
Via Domenico De Dominicis, 39, 00159 Roma RM, Italia
Via di Villa Patrizi, 22A, 00161 Roma RM, Italia
Via Davide Campari, 177, 00155 Roma RM, Italia
Piazza Irnerio, 40, 00165 Roma RM, Italia
Via Simone De Saint Bon, 91, 00195 Roma RM, Italia
Via Gregorio XI, 134, 00166 Roma RM, Italia
Via Giovanni Pacini, 15, 00198 Roma RM, Italia
Via Ludovico Muratori, 16, 00184 Roma RM, Italia
Via Aurelia, 275, 00165 Roma RM, Italia
Via di Trasone, 70, 00199 Roma RM, Italia
Viale di Villa Massimo, 48, 00161 Roma RM, Italia
Via Cassia, 536, 00189 Roma RM, Italia
Via Aurelia, 860, 00165 Roma RM, Italia
Via Cesare Ferrero di Cambiano, 29, 00191 Roma RM, Italia
Via Antonio Bertoloni, 34, 00197 Roma RM, Italia
Via Flaminia, 653, 00191 Roma RM, Italia
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.