Boosting test-efficiency by pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2-Formula for optimal pool size.

In the current COVID19 crisis many national healthcare systems are confronted with an acute shortage of tests for confirming SARS-CoV-2 infections. For low overall infection levels in the population the pooling of samples can drastically amplify the testing capacity. Here we present a formula to est...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rudolf Hanel, Stefan Thurner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240652