Estimating the effectiveness of routine asymptomatic PCR testing at different frequencies for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Joel HellewellTimothy W Russellnull nullnull nullnull nullRupert BealeGavin KellyCatherine HoulihanEleni NastouliAdam J Kucharski

Published in: BMC medicine (2021)

Our results suggest that routine asymptomatic testing can enable detection of a high proportion of infected individuals early in their infection, provided that the testing is frequent and the time from testing to notification of results is sufficiently fast.

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