Optimal uses of pooled testing for COVID-19 incorporating imperfect test performance and pool dilution effect: An application to congregate settings in Los Angeles County.

Roch A NianogoI Obi EmeruwaPrabhu P Gounder Vladimir Manuel Nathaniel W Anderson Tony Kuo Moira Inkelas Onyebuchi Aniweta Arah

Published in: Journal of medical virology (2021)

Pooled testing is an efficient strategy for congregate settings with a low prevalence of COVID-19. Dilution as a result of pooling can lead to erroneous false-negative results.

Keyphrases

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liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
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risk factors
gas chromatography
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mass spectrometry
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