Press:RT-PCR test

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Variants and synonyms

PCR test

Description

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Examples

There have long been fears that "false negatives" in the rapid tests, which are less accurate than traditional PCR tests, could lead to outbreaks but documented cases are rare.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-vaccine-lockdown-end-quarantine-schools/

Collocations

• negative PCR test
• take a PCR test

Keyness

• PCR test: > 1000

Note

There are no occurrences of RT-PCR test in the press corpus.