Rapid COVID tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases

Rapid tests for COVID-19 excel at detecting infections in people with symptoms but miss many infections in those without symptoms. Credit: Lukas Schulze/Getty

Rapid antigen tests are much more reliable at detecting COVID-19 in people with symptoms than in those without, finds the largest study to compare home rapid tests with gold-standard PCR tests1.

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Nature 619, 439 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02254-9

Soni, A. et al. Ann. Intern. Med. https://doi.org/10.7326/M23-0385 (2023).

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