Reconstructing COVID-19 incidences from positive RT-PCR tests by deconvolution

Abstract Background The emergency of new COVID-19 variants over the past three years posed a serious challenge to the public health. Cities in China implemented mass daily RT-PCR tests by pooling strategies. However, a random delay exists between an infection and its first positive RT-PCR test. It i...

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Main Authors: Mengtian Li, Jiachen Li, Ke Wang, Lei M. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08667-1