Optimally pooled viral testing.
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Although large pools are most advantageous for testing populations with very low infection rates, they are predicted to become highly non-optimal with increasing infection rate, while pool sizes smaller than 10 remain near-optical over a broader range of infection rates.About:
This article is published in Epidemics.The article was published on 2020-10-27 and is currently open access. It has received 8 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pooling & Population.read more
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Mathematical Model and Optimization Methods of Wide-Scale Pooled Sample Testing for COVID-19
De-Rong Zhou,Man Zhou +1 more
TL;DR: Wuhan et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed an improved method for optimising the second round of "ten-in-one" pooled testing, known as "the pentagram mini-pooled testing method" which speeds up the testing process (as a result of reducing the numbers of testing by 40%) and significantly reduces the cost.
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Cost analysis of coronavirus disease 2019 test strategies using pooled reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction technique
TL;DR: Both pooling strategies resulted in notable cost reductions compared with individual testing in most scenarios pertinent to real-life situations, and the appropriate type of testing strategy should be chosen by considering the PR of COVID-19 in the community and the test cost while using an appropriate pooling size such as five specimens.
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SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR testing of pooled saliva samples: A case study of 824 asymptomatic individuals and a questionnaire survey in Japan
Junna Oba,Hiroaki Taniguchi,Masae Sato,Masaki Takanashi,Moe Yokemura,Yasunori Sato,Hiroshi Nishihara +6 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, pooled testing of saliva samples can support frequent large-scale screening that is rapid, efficient, and inexpensive.
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Strategies for Scaling up SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing Capacity
Sanchita Das,Karen M. Frank +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors reviewed the cutting-edge strategies that sought to expand SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity while maintaining high individual test performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 risk evaluation and testing strategies based on contact tracing network and information analysis
TL;DR: A systematic strategy is proposed to determine the risk profile of all the individuals in the community by incorporating serial and parallel pathways of the infection transmission considering multiple steps of transmission, and shows that in general, information increases with an increase in the group size.
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Predicting infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from diagnostic samples
Jared Bullard,Jared Bullard,Kerry Dust,Duane J. Funk,Duane J. Funk,James E. Strong,James E. Strong,David C. Alexander,David C. Alexander,Lauren Garnett,Lauren Garnett,Carl Boodman,Alexander Bello,Alexander Bello,Adam Hedley,Zachary Schiffman,Zachary Schiffman,Kaylie Doan,Nathalie Bastien,Nathalie Bastien,Yan Li,Yan Li,Paul Van Caeseele,Paul Van Caeseele,Guillaume Poliquin,Guillaume Poliquin +25 more
TL;DR: SARS-CoV-2 Vero cell infectivity was only observed for RT-PCR Ct < 24 and STT < 8 days, suggesting Infectivity of patients with Ct >24 and duration of symptoms >8 days may be low.
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Evaluation of COVID-19 RT-qPCR Test in Multi sample Pools.
Idan Yelin,Noga Aharony,Einat Shaer Tamar,Amir Argoetti,Esther Messer,Dina Berenbaum,Einat Shafran,Areen Kuzli,Nagham Gandali,Omer Shkedi,Tamar Hashimshony,Yael Mandel-Gutfreund,Michael Halberthal,Michael Halberthal,Yuval Geffen,Moran Szwarcwort-Cohen,Roy Kishony +16 more
TL;DR: It is hoped that implementation of a pool test for COVID-19 would allow expanding current screening capacities thereby enabling the expansion of detection in the community, as well as in close organic groups, such as hospital departments, army units, or factory shifts.
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Sample Pooling as a Strategy to Detect Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
TL;DR: Findings of novel coronavirus testing on pooled nasopharyngeal and bronchoalveolar lavage samples taken from patients who had negative results by routine respiratory virus testing are described.
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Pooling of samples for testing for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic people.
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