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New COVID-19 Testing Device Delivers Results in 30 Seconds – As Sensitive and Accurate as a PCR Test

lutra 10 April 2022
COVID-19 Rapid Testing Device Motherboard

The motherboard of a COVID-19 rapid testing device that UF Health researchers helped develop is seen here. The device can return a coronavirus test result as accurately and sensitively as the gold standard of testing, a PCR test, in 30 seconds. Credit: Photo courtesy of Houndstoothe Analytics

With any highly infectious disease, time can be a killer.

It is crucial to get a test result for a pathogen quickly, lest someone continue in their daily lives infecting others. And delays in testing have undoubtedly exacerbated the

At-home test kits offer results in minutes but are far less accurate or sensitive.

Researchers at the

Source: SciTechDaily

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