Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?
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2021
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Esterman, A.
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The main and “gold standard” test for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. But even though the test is highly specific, that still leaves a small chance someone who does not have the infection returns a positive test result. This is what’s meant by a “false positive”.
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Copyright 2021 the author. This publication is available under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives licence. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)