Pooled testing with replication as a mass testing strategy for the COVID-19 pandemics

Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic it is essential to test as many people as possible, in order to detect early outbreaks of the infection. Present testing solutions are based on the extraction of RNA from patients using oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabs, and then testing with real-time PCR...

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Main Authors: Julius Žilinskas, Algirdas Lančinskas, Mario R. Guarracino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83104-4