Testing for COVID-19 is Much More Effective When Performed Immediately Prior to Social Mixing

Objective: To quantify the utility of RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests in preventing post-arrival transmission based on timing of the pre-departure test. Methods: We derived analytical expressions to compute post-arrival transmission when no test is performed, and when either an RT-PCR or any of 18 ra...

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Autores principales: Wells, Chad R., Gokcebel, Senay, Pandey, Abhishek, Galvani, Alison P., Townsend, Jeffrey P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Public Health Archive
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9363582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35967267
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604659

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9363582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35967267
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604659

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