Multi-stage group testing improves efficiency of large-scale COVID-19 screening

Eberhardt, J N; Breuckmann, N P; Eberhardt, Christiane Sigrid

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104382

Scientific article

English

Multi-stage group testing improves efficiency of large-scale COVID-19 screening

ContributorsEberhardt, J N; Breuckmann, N P; Eberhardt, Christiane Sigrid

Published inJournal of Clinical Virology, vol. 128, 104382

Publication date2020

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 test kits are in critical shortage in many countries. This limits large-scale population testing and hinders the effort to identify and isolate infected individuals.

Keywords

Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification
Computer Simulation
Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology/virology
Humans
Mass Screening
Pandemics
Pneumonia
Viral/diagnosis/epidemiology/virology
Prevalence

Affiliation entities

Research groups

Centre de vaccinologie et d'immunologie néonatale (177)

Citation (ISO format)

EBERHARDT, J N, BREUCKMANN, N P, EBERHARDT, Christiane Sigrid. Multi-stage group testing improves efficiency of large-scale COVID-19 screening. In: Journal of Clinical Virology, 2020, vol. 128, p. 104382. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104382

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:143591
DOI : 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104382
PMID : 32388468

Journal ISSN1386-6532

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Multi-stage group testing improves efficiency of large-scale COVID-19 screening

SARS-CoV-2 test kits are in critical shortage in many countries. This limits large-scale population testing and hinders the effort to identify and isolate infected individuals.

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