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COVID-19 Travel Testing

24-Hour RT-PCR Test

No appointment necessary.
You must register prior to testing.

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Test results: 24 hours from arrival at laboratory* –NOT from test specimen collection

Test price: $150

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At KSL Diagnostics, we understand COVID-19 travel testing requires urgent and special attention to ensure your test results are valid when traveling. To assist you with your travel testing needs:

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  • Acceptable for most travel requirements, including travel to China. Know your travel requirements prior to testing. KSL Diagnostics does NOT take responsibility for travel testing requirements beyond providing test results in 24 hours or less*

  • Please bring identification and insurance card(s), if applicable, to your test

  • Meets requirement for NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test)

  • Specimens are collected by oropharyngeal (oral), nasopharyngeal, or anterior nares swab, according to your travel needs

  • Payment required at time of testing—no prescription/insurance billing

  • For more information on KSL Diagnostics test pricing and policies, see below or call 1-800-960-1080 to speak with a representative.

  • Send your specific travel testing questions to info@ksldx.com — we regularly monitor this account and will respond promptly


*24-Hour RT-PCR test results are expected to be reported within one day. In rare instances, more time may be required. Inconclusive results may require collection of a new sample. While KSL Diagnostics will make every effort to provide test results within one day, there are no guarantees and any refunds will be given at our discretion.

Looking for prescription testing for return to school and other medically necessary, insurance-billable reasons?

Significance of this test:

 

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously called 2019-nCoV) belongs to the family of coronaviruses and, like SARS-CoV, is classified in the genus Betacoronavirus [1]. The new coronavirus originated in China in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. It caused an infection wave, which has spread rapidly within the country and worldwide [2, 3]. Just a few days after the first report about patients with pneumonia of unclear origin, the causative pathogen was identified as SARS-CoV-2 [2-4]. SARS-CoV-2 is predominantly transmitted by droplet infection via coughing or sneezing and through close contact with infected patients [2, 3, 5].

 

The incubation time of SARS-CoV is three to seven, maximally 14 days [2]. The symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection are fever, coughing, breathing difficulties and fatigue [2, 3, 5]. In most patients the infection manifests with symptoms of a mild febrile illness with irregular lung infiltrates. Some patients, especially elderly or chronically ill patients, develop severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The disease is fatal in around 3% of cases [2, 3, 5]. In February 2020, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was named COVID-19 by the WHO.

 

COVID-19 RT-PCR test is a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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References:

 

  1. Gorbalenya AE, Baker SC, Baric RS, de Groot RJ, Drosten C, Gulyaeva AA, et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – a statement of the Coronavirus Study Group. bioRxiv preprint. doi: 10.1101/2020.02.07.937862

  2. Wang G, Jin X. The progress of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) event in China. J MedVirol. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25705

  3. Gralinski LE, Menachery VD. Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV. Viruses 2020, 12(2), 135

  4. Corman VM, Landt O, Kaiser M, Molenkamp R, Meijer A, Chu DKW, et al. Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR. Euro Surveill. 2020; 25(3): pii=2000045

  5. Xiao SY, Wu Y, Liu H. Evolving status of the 2019 novel coronavirus Infection: proposal of conventional serologic assays for disease diagnosis and infection monitoring. J Med Virol. 2020; 1-4

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