Perfect as the enemy of good: tracing transmissions with low-sensitivity tests to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Summary: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and individuals have attempted a wide variety of strategies to limit the damage of the pandemic on human lives, population health, and economies. Contact tracing has been a commonly used strategy, and various approaches have been proposed and at...

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Main Authors: Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, PhD, Michael Baym, PhD, William P Hanage, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524721000045