Covid Test Result Shows Detected. The test could also detect fragments of virus even after you are no longer infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has advised people who show COVID-19 symptoms but test negative with a rapid antigen test to get a PCR test to confirm the results.
If your antibody test result was positive this means that the test shows that you have COVID-19 antibodies in your blood. My Concern is a. COVID-19 tests whether a rapid antigen test or a PCR test sent to a lab do tend to be accurate on the positive side if the test says you have COVID you most likely do but they can sometimes deliver false-negative results especially the antigen rapid tests.
Hello Everyone I have called several places that offer the RT-PCR test some can have the results in 24 hours others 72 hours.
However it is possible for this test to give a negative or not detected result that is incorrect false negative in some people with COVID-19. In one study on false negative rates after COVID-19 exposure researchers found that in the four days prior to symptom onset the probability of a false negative was extremely high on day one. The immunoglobulin or serology tests can tell whether or not you have been exposed to coronavirus but not whether you are currently infected. The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead virus from old infections scientists say.