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Sense and sensitivity: can an inaccurate test be better than no test at all?
The UK government has put lateral flow antigen tests (LFATs) at the forefront of its strategy to scale-up testing in the coronavirus pandemic. However, evidence from a pilot trial using an LFAT to identify asymptomatic infections in the community suggested that the test missed over half of the posit...
Autores principales: | Pugh, Jonathan, Wilkinson, Dominic, Savulescu, Julian |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9046741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33820853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107234 |
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