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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Scholarly Article (April 2020) - Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Can We Stop at Two?

Title:
Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Can We Stop at Two?

Authors:
Tau Hong Lee, Ray Junhao Lin, Raymond T P Lin, Timothy Barkham, Pooja Rao, Yee-Sin Leo, David Chien Lye & Barnaby Young

Published:
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 19 April 2020
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa459

Abstract:
"The COVID-19 epidemic requires accurate identification and isolation of confirmed cases for effective control. This report describes the effectiveness of our testing strategy and highlights the importance of repeat testing in suspect cases in our cohort."