Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Appropriate performance characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 tests according to status of the person being tested and the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the population being tested. Non-ideal testing should be utilized by laboratory professional balancing turnaround time and analytical performance in the real world with changing epidemiology such as prevalence.

© Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev