As a player in COVID-19 screening, SOS MEDECINS Casablanca informs you about the benefits and limitations of tests today thanks to our home doctors offering a result in 15 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rapid antigen test (RAT) looks for the presence of Sars-Cov-2 virus proteins in the sample and requires the same nasopharyngeal swab as the PCR test but involves a simplified analysis technique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The antigen test is a manual test, with a direct reading on a small plastic device, similar to pregnancy tests sold in pharmacies. The result appears within 15 to 20 minutes as lines on the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The antigen test confirms the presence of the virus when the test is positive. Its advantage lies in the speed with which results are available; however, it has a lower sensitivity than the PCR test, which is why it is only recommended for symptomatic cases with a high viral load. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rapid Antigen Test is useful when dealing with a person who presents symptoms related to theCOVID<\/a> <\/strong>(cough, fever), because it allows for a rapid diagnosis of infection. SARS-CoV-2<\/a>It can be carried out at a doctor's office, in a pharmacy, at a nurse's office, or in an emergency department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is useless in people without symptoms as an individual screening tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A positive result confirms infection, indicating a significant viral presence. The person is therefore infected and infectious. The rapid antigen test (RAT) has very high specificity, meaning there are no false positives. A positive RAT does not need to be confirmed by a home PCR test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On an individual level, a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) does not rule out the possibility that the person is carrying SARS-CoV-2, due to the low sensitivity of these tests. On a collective level, it is absolutely essential to continue protecting oneself and others by respecting preventative measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In case of symptoms suggestive of Covid-19, it is necessary to carry out a PCR test<\/a> which is more sensitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call us\u00a005 22 20 20 20<\/a> \/ 06 11 17 39 03<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" En tant qu’acteur du d\u00e9pistage de la COVID-19, SOS MEDECINS Casablanca vous informe\u00a0sur\u00a0les\u00a0b\u00e9n\u00e9fices et les limites des tests aujourd\u2019hui gr\u00e2ce a nos m\u00e9decins a domicile offre un r\u00e9sultat en 15 minutes.\u00a0 Qu’est-ce que le test antig\u00e9nique Covid-19 ? Le test rapide antig\u00e9nique (TRA) recherche la pr\u00e9sence de prot\u00e9ines du virus Sars-Cov-2 dans l\u2019\u00e9chantillon et n\u00e9cessite le m\u00eame […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,718,717,716,715],"tags":[1073,1070,1064,1066,1067,1069,1065,1063,1068,1071],"yst_prominent_words":[149,147,1257,1255,1234,1261,851,1259,1263,1264,1256,1252,1250,1251,1254,1258,1253,1262,1260,968],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autres","category-medecin-a-domicile","category-medecin-de-garde","category-medecin-de-nuit","category-sos-medecin-casa","tag-allo-tabib-casablanca","tag-docteur-a-domicile-casablanca","tag-medecin-a-domicile-casablanca","tag-medecin-de-garde-casablanca","tag-medecin-de-nuit-casablanca","tag-sos-casablanca","tag-sos-docteurs-casablanca","tag-sos-medecins-casablanca","tag-sos-urgences-casablanca","tag-urgence-casablanca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3048,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions\/3048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosmedecincasa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is the meaning of a positive antigen test?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the meaning of a negative antigen test?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n