Impact of mass testing during an epidemic rebound of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study using the example of France

We used a mathematical model to evaluate the impact of mass testing in the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Under optimistic assumptions, one round of mass testing may reduce daily infections by up to 20-30%. Consequently, very frequent testing would be requir...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2021-01, Vol.26 (1), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Bosetti, Paolo, Kiem, Cécile Tran, Yazdanpanah, Yazdan, Fontanet, Arnaud, Lina, Bruno, Colizza, Vittoria, Cauchemez, Simon
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	COVID-19 COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 diagnostic tests COVID-19 Testing COVID-19 Testing - methods COVID-19 Testing - statistics & numerical data Disease control Epidemics Epidemics - prevention & control France France - epidemiology Humans Mass Screening Mathematical models Mathematics Models, Theoretical Public health Rapid Communication Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Statistics
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Zusammenfassung:	We used a mathematical model to evaluate the impact of mass testing in the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Under optimistic assumptions, one round of mass testing may reduce daily infections by up to 20-30%. Consequently, very frequent testing would be required to control a quickly growing epidemic if other control measures were to be relaxed. Mass testing is most relevant when epidemic growth remains limited through a combination of interventions.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917 1025-496X
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2001978