Dartmouth: New Report Examines Challenges and Implications of False-Negative COVID-19 Tests
June 06, 2020
June 06, 2020
DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, June 6 -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release:
As communities across the U.S. have struggled to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have focused on the lack of widespread testing as a major barrier to safely reopening the country. As progress has been made on this front, concern has shifted to testing accuracy, predominantly with antibody tests, which are designed to identify prior infection.
As communities across the U.S. have struggled to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have focused on the lack of widespread testing as a major barrier to safely reopening the country. As progress has been made on this front, concern has shifted to testing accuracy, predominantly with antibody tests, which are designed to identify prior infection.