Real-time Screening of Specimen Pools for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection at Sanya Airport, Hainan Island, China | Zendy

Huiling Li | Zendy; Kai Sing Sun | Zendy; David H. Persing | Zendy; YiWei Tang | Zendy; Dingxia Shen | Zendy

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Real-time Screening of Specimen Pools for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection at Sanya Airport, Hainan Island, China

Author(s) -

Huiling Li,

Kai Sing Sun,

David H. Persing,

YiWei Tang,

Dingxia Shen

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1074

Subject(s) - medicine , contact tracing , covid-19 , china , virology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , geography , archaeology

A 10:1 pooled test strategy on-site at an airport of China was pursued, resulting in increased test throughput, limited use of reagents, and increased testing efficiency without loss of sensitivity. This testing approach has the potential to reduce the need for contact tracing when the results are delivered first time.

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