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Study: 90-minute COVID-19 test has high sensitivity and specificity – News-Medical.Net
A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100 per cent specificity in a new study.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 18 2020
A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100 per cent specificity in a new study.
The work, published in the journal The Lancet Microbe, was ledby scientists from Imperial College London.
In the research, the high-speed tests, which do not require a laboratory and can be performed in cartridges smaller than a mobile phone, were used on 386 NHS staff and patients.
The Lab-in-Cartridge rapid testing device,…
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