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Jun 4, 2021 · They found false positive rates of 0-16.7%, with 50% of the studies at 0.8-4.0%. The false positive rates in the systematic review were mainly based on quality assurance testing in...
May 4, 2021 · These tests have “false positive” rates of around 2%, which means that if you keep using them, you’ll eventually test positive, even though you don't have covid-19. That happened to me. I...
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Jan 5, 2021 · The false positive rate — that is, how often the test says you have the virus when you actually do not — should be close to zero. Most false-positive results are thought to be due to lab contamination or other problems with how the lab has performed the test, not limitations of the test itself.
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Feb 21, 2024 · Among a large cohort of over 11,000 people, 1.7% had at least one false-positive COVID-19 rapid antigen test despite concurrent negative molecular tests, according to a brief report in the...
False positive COVID-19 tests—when your result is positive, but you aren’t actually infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—are a real, if unlikely, possibility, especially if you don’t perform...
May 15, 2024 · To the Editor: The letter by Herbert et al. (Feb. 22 issue)1 explores persistent false positive results on SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests but overlooks various factors, such as interfering...
Oct 3, 2020 · With a false positive rate of 0.8% - a figure used by Ms Hartley-Brewer and within the broad range of what we think might be the actual rate for community testing - you would get eight false...
