Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies

Chad R. Wells; Jeffrey P. Townsend; Abhishek Pandey; Seyed M. Moghadas; Gary Krieger; Burton Singer; Robert H. McDonald; Meagan C. Fitzpatrick; Alison P. Galvani

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20742-8

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies

Chad R. Wells,
Jeffrey P. Townsend,
Abhishek Pandey,
Seyed M. Moghadas,
Gary Krieger,
Burton Singer,
Robert H. McDonald,
Meagan C. Fitzpatrick,
Alison P. Galvani

Affiliations

Chad R. Wells: Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale School of Public Health
Jeffrey P. Townsend: Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health
Abhishek Pandey: Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale School of Public Health
Seyed M. Moghadas: Agent-Based Modelling Laboratory, York University
Gary Krieger: NewFields E&E
Burton Singer: Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Robert H. McDonald: Group Health, Safety and Environment; BHP
Meagan C. Fitzpatrick: Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale School of Public Health
Alison P. Galvani: Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA), Yale School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20742-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Safely reducing the necessary duration of quarantine for COVID-19 could lessen the economic impacts of the pandemic. Here, the authors demonstrate that testing on exit from quarantine is more effective than testing on entry, and can enable quarantine to be reduced from fourteen to seven days.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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