Press:Rapid diagnostic test

Press

Variants and synonyms

• rapid test
• antigen test
• rapid antigen
• rapid antigen test  

Examples

Spot-checks in health facilities across 24 countries in Africa revealed that in 2020, only 11 per cent of health facilities could conduct Covid-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag RDTs), and just 8 per cent could conduct molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/covid-news-passports-tests-coronavirus-vaccine-lockdown-cases/

Keyness

• rapid diagnostic test: > 1000
• rapid test: 211
• antigen test: 397
• rapid antigen: 582
• rapid antigen test: 711

Note

The example of the headword usage provided is the only one occurring in the press corpus.