Real-life clinical sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test in symptomatic patients.
Elisa KortelaVesa KirjavainenMaarit J AhavaSuvi T JokirantaAnna ButAnna L LindahlAnu E JääskeläinenAnnemarjut J JääskeläinenAsko JärvinenPia JokelaHannimari Kallio-KokkoRaisa LoginovLaura MannonenEeva RuotsalainenTarja SironenOlli VapalahtiMaija LappalainenHanna-Riikka KreiviHanna JarvaSatu KurkelaEliisa KekäläinenPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The clinical sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing was only moderate at best. The relatively high false negative rates of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing need to be accounted for in clinical decision making, epidemiological interpretations, and when using RT-PCR as a reference for other tests.