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kind: "claim"
title: "Frequently administered tests with 70% sensitivity and short turnaround can suppress campus transmission."
description: ""
url: "https://sina.bio/claim/frequently-administered-tests-with-70-sensitivity-and-short-turnaround-91d36b4f"
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# Frequently administered tests with 70% sensitivity and short turnaround can suppress campus transmission.

## Content

Frequently administered tests with 70% sensitivity and short turnaround can suppress campus transmission.

## Metadata

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## Connections (1)

### Massively scaled-up testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA via next-generation sequencing of pooled and barcoded nasal and saliva samples

- ID: `version:massively-scaled-up-testing-for-sars-cov-2-rna-via-next-generation-sequencing-of-pooled-and-barcoded-nasal-and-saliva-samples--2021-07-01-nature-biomedical-engineering`
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- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/massively-scaled-up-testing-for-sars-cov-2-rna-via-next-generation-sequ-8c628baf>

This publication contains this grounded claim.

> Epidemiological modelling of sur-
> veillance testing on university campuses has shown that diagnostic
> tests with only 70% sensitivity, performed frequently with a short
> turn-around time, can suppress transmission12
> .

Source: 2021-07-01-nature-biomedical-engineering.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2021-07-01-nature-biomedical-engineering-pdf>