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Boosting test-efficiency by pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2—Formula for optimal pool size

In the current COVID19 crisis many national healthcare systems are confronted with an acute shortage of tests for confirming SARS-CoV-2 infections. For low overall infection levels in the population the pooling of samples can drastically amplify the testing capacity. Here we present a formula to est...

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Autores principales: Hanel, Rudolf, Thurner, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33147228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240652