Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment
Michael J. Mina, Roy Parker, Daniel B. Larremore
Abstract
Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity As Covid-19 cases accelerate or plateau around the world, we urgently need a point-of-care test that is inexpensive enough to use frequently, even if it lacks h...
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Test (biology)Sensitivity (control systems)Computer scienceMedicineVirologyEngineeringOutbreakBiologyInternal medicineElectronic engineeringInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePaleontologySARS-CoV-2 detection and testingSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies