New publication! Covid-19 swabs: validation of pool testing method

We are happy to announce a new publication on “Pool testing on random and natural clusters of individuals: Optimisation of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the presence of low viral load samples”. The research was carried out by the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” and ISPRO. The research was recently published on PLOS ONE.

Baccini M, Rocco E, Paganini I, Mattei A, Sani C, Vannucci G, et al. (2021) Pool testing on random and natural clusters of individuals: Optimisation of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the presence of low viral load samples, PLoS ONE 16(5)

If you are interested and want to read more about it, see the link: https://www.unifimagazine.it/tamponi-covid-validato-metodo-del-pool-testing/

If you want to read more in-depth about the study, you can find it at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251589