False-negative COVID-19 test results may lead to false sense of security

A new article calls attention to the risk posed by overreliance on COVID-19 testing to make clinical and public health decisions. The sensitivity of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and overall test performance characteristics have not been reported clearly or consistently in medical literature, the article says.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200409144805.htm