{"id":3739,"date":"2021-02-05T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T02:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T02:33:17","slug":"comparative-cost-effectiveness-of-sars-cov-2-testing-strategies-in-the-usa-a-modelling-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/02\/05\/comparative-cost-effectiveness-of-sars-cov-2-testing-strategies-in-the-usa-a-modelling-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mathematical model suggests that in communities where the SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly, weekly testing coupled with a 2-week isolation period after a positive test is advisable. The authors assessed eight surveillance testing strategies that varied by testing frequency (from daily to monthly testing) and isolation period (1 or 2 weeks), compared with the status-quo strategy of symptom-based testing and isolation. In communities without rapid viral spread, monthly testing with a 1-week isolation period after a positive test is expected to be the most optimal strategy.<\/p>\n<p><i>Du et al. (Feb 4, 2021). Comparative cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in the USA: a modelling study. The Lancet Public Health <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(21)00002-5\/fulltext\">https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(21)00002-5\/fulltext<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mathematical model suggests that in communities where the SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly, weekly testing coupled with a 2-week isolation period after a positive test is advisable. The authors assessed eight surveillance testing strategies that varied by testing frequency (from daily to monthly testing) and isolation period (1 or 2 weeks), compared with the status-quo&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/02\/05\/comparative-cost-effectiveness-of-sars-cov-2-testing-strategies-in-the-usa-a-modelling-study\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,37],"topic":[23],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-modeling-prediction","tag-non-pharm-interventions","topic-modeling-and-prediction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3740,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}