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id: "claim:markedly-heterogeneous-covid-19-testing-plans-among-us-colleges-and-universitie-ccc9c0093d:831dfdd952f03bcbf627"
kind: "claim"
title: "High-sensitivity PCR tests were viewed as the gold standard for test sensitivity."
description: ""
url: "https://sina.bio/claim/high-sensitivity-pcr-tests-were-viewed-as-the-gold-standard-for-test-sensitivity"
---

# High-sensitivity PCR tests were viewed as the gold standard for test sensitivity.

## Content

High-sensitivity PCR tests were viewed as the gold standard for test sensitivity.

## Metadata

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## Connections (2)

### Markedly heterogeneous COVID-19 testing plans among US colleges and universities

- ID: `version:markedly-heterogeneous-covid-19-testing-plans-among-us-colleges-and-universities--2020-08-11-medrxiv`
- Kind: `publication`
- Direction: `incoming`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/markedly-heterogeneous-covid-19-testing-plans-among-us-colleges-and-universities>

This publication contains this grounded claim.

> Though high-sensitivity PCR tests are viewed as the gold standard in terms of test sensitivity

Source: 2020-08-11-medrxiv.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2020-08-11-medrxiv-pdf>

### Regular-screening frequency varied substantially despite evidence that frequent, rapid testing is central to outbreak co

- ID: `result:markedly-heterogeneous-covid-19-testing-plans-among-us-colleges-and-universitie-ccc9c0093d:bd4949b61416532ba7f4`
- Kind: `result`
- Direction: `incoming`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/result/regular-screening-frequency-varied-substantially-despite-evidence-that-b9be12f1>

This claim supports this result.