Strategic testing approaches for targeted disease monitoring can be used to inform pandemic decision-making.

More than 1.6 million Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests were administered daily in the United States at the peak of the epidemic, with a significant focus on individual treatment. Here, we show that objective-driven, strategic sampling designs and analyses can maximi...

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Main Authors: James D Nichols, Tiffany L Bogich, Emily Howerton, Ottar N Bjørnstad, Rebecca K Borchering, Matthew Ferrari, Murali Haran, Christopher Jewell, Kim M Pepin, William J M Probert, Juliet R C Pulliam, Michael C Runge, Michael Tildesley, Cécile Viboud, Katriona Shea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001307