Universal community nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 in Hong Kong reveals insights into transmission dynamics: a cross-sectional and modelling study.

Bingyi YangTim K TsangHuizhi GaoEric H Y LauYun LinFaith HoJingyi XiaoJessica Y WongDillon C AdamQiuyan LiaoPeng WuBenjamin J CowlingGabriel M Leung

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

We reported empirical evidence of the utility of population-wide COVID-19 testing in detecting unrecognised infections and clusters. Around three quarters of infections have not been identified through existing surveillance approaches including contact tracing.

Keyphrases

nucleic acid
coronavirus disease
sars cov
healthcare
public health
mental health