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Estimating the effectiveness of routine asymptomatic PCR testing at different frequencies for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections
BACKGROUND: Routine asymptomatic testing using RT-PCR of people who interact with vulnerable populations, such as medical staff in hospitals or care workers in care homes, has been employed to help prevent outbreaks among vulnerable populations. Although the peak sensitivity of RT-PCR can be high, t...
Autores principales: | Hellewell, Joel, Russell, Timothy W., Beale, Rupert, Kelly, Gavin, Houlihan, Catherine, Nastouli, Eleni, Kucharski, Adam J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33902581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01982-x |
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