The accuracy of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can impact downstream clinical procedures in managing and …

SARS-CoV-2 has surged across the globe causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Systematic testing to facilitate index case isolation and contact tracing is needed for efficient …

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is important for understanding both the evolution and
the patterns of local and global transmission. Here, we generated 311 SARS-CoV-2 …

Background The current pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, widely known as COVID-19,
has affected millions of people around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has …

Many SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection assays have been developed but their differential
performance is not well described. In this study we compared an in-house (KWTRP) ELISA …

Background: Detailed understanding of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) regional transmission networks within sub-Saharan Africa is key for guiding …

Purpose This study is aims at evaluating the efficacy and sensitivity of specimen pooling for
testing of SARS-CoV-2 virus to determine the accuracy, resource savings, and identification …

Pooled testing has been successfully used to expand SARS-CoV-2 testing, especially in
settings requiring high volumes of screening of lower-risk individuals, but efficiency of …

Background This study aimed to compare the testing strategies for COVID‐19 (ie, individual,
simple pooling, and matrix pooling) in terms of cost. Methods We simulated the total …

Quarantine played an important role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases
between countries in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. In particular, in ports …