Accuracy of UK Rapid Test Consortium (UK-RTC) “AbC-19 Rapid Test” for detection of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in key workers: test accuracy study
Publication: BMJ
Ranya Mulchandani, Hayley E Jones, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Justin Shute, Keith Perry, Shabnam Jamarani, Tim Brooks, Andre Charlett, Matthew Hickman, Isabel Oliver, Stephen Kaptoge, John Danesh, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Anthony E Ades, David H Wyllie,
11 November 2020
Summary:
The accuracy of a COVID-19 test is lower than previously believed. Testing nearly 5,000 samples found some results were giving false positives.