厚生労働省が未だ認めないPCR検査のプール方式　海外では100倍に希釈しても感度は下がらなかったとの報告 [593776499]

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A pooled testing strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 at low prevalence
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2885-5
Suppressing SARS-CoV-2 will likely require the rapid identification and isolation of infected individuals on an ongoing basis.
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests are accurate but costly, making regular testing of every individual expensive.
The costs are a challenge for all countries and particularly for developing countries. Cost reductions can be achieved by pooling (or combining) subsamples and testing them in groups1?7.
A balance must be struck between increasing the group size and retaining test sensitivity, since sample dilution increases the likelihood
of false negatives for individuals with low viral load in the sampled region at the time of the test8.
Likewise, minimising the number of tests to reduce costs must be balanced against minimising the time testing takes to reduce the spread of infection. Here we propose
an algorithm for pooling subsamples based on the geometry of a hypercube that, at low prevalence, accurately identifies infected individuals in a small number of tests and rounds of testing.
We discuss the optimal group size and explain why, given the highly infectious nature of the disease, largely parallel searches are preferred.
We report proof of concept experiments in which a positive subsample was detected even when diluted 100-fold with negative subsamples (cf. 30-fold to 48-fold dilution in Refs. 9?11).
We quantify the loss of sensitivity due to dilution and discuss how it may be mitigated by frequent re-testing of groups, for example.
With the use of these methods, the cost of mass testing could be reduced by a large factor which, furthermore, increases as the prevalence falls.

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厚生労働省が未だ認めないPCR検査のプール方式 海外では100倍に希釈しても感度は下がらなかったとの報告 [593776499]

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