Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 30, 2020

Poolkeh finds the optimal pooling strategy for a population-wide COVID-19 testing (Israel, UK, and US as test cases)

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  • This study presents a data-driven tool (Poolkeh) to allow decision-makers to assess the spread of virus among the world population. This online tool allows users to develop an optimal scheme to pool tests for an entire population based on COVID-19 prevalence in the test population and the sensitivity of the test being used. 

Eliaz et al. (Apr 30, 2020). Poolkeh finds the optimal pooling strategy for a population-wide COVID-19 testing (Israel, UK, and US as test cases). Pre-print downloaded Apr 30 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.25.20079343