Previously submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research (no longer under consideration since Sep 15, 2020)
Date Submitted: May 29, 2020
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Smart Pooled sample Testing for COVID-19: A Possible Solution for Sparsity of Test Kits
ABSTRACT
There is an exponential growth of COVID-19. The adaptation of preventive measures to limit the spread of infection among the people is the best solution to this health issue. The identification of infected cases and their isolation from healthy people is one of the essential preventive measures. In this regard, screening of the samples from a large number of people is needed which requires a lot of reagent kits for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. The use of smart pooled sample testing with the help of algorithms may be a quite useful strategy in the current prevailing scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the help of this strategy, the optimum number of samples to be pooled for a single test may be determined based on the total positivity rate of the particular community.
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