论文标题
在使用小组测试的Covid-19加速测试中
On Accelerated Testing for COVID-19 Using Group Testing
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论文摘要
Covid-19导致了全球健康危机，在接下来的几个月中可能会变得更加敏锐。美国人群中Covid-19当前快速增长的主要原因之一是测试工具包的可用性有限，筛查测试的成本相对高。在此草案中，我们演示了小组测试（汇总）想法的有效性，以加速19 covid-19。该草稿本质上是半教程，是为对与Covid-19测试相关的数学配方感兴趣的广泛受众编写的。因此，思想是通过说明性的示例而不是纯粹的理论表述提出的。重点还放在小于64个尺寸的池上，例如当前RT-PCR技术的实用性。
COVID-19 has resulted in a global health crisis that may become even more acute over the upcoming months. One of the main reasons behind the current rapid growth of COVID-19 in the U.S. population is the limited availability of testing kits and the relatively-high cost of screening tests. In this draft, we demonstrate the effectiveness of group testing (pooling) ideas to accelerate testing for COVID-19. This draft is semi-tutorial in nature and is written for a broad audience with interest in mathematical formulations relevant to COVID-19 testing. Therefore, ideas are presented through illustrative examples rather than through purely theoretical formulations. The focus is also on pools of size less than 64 such as what is practical with current RT-PCR technology.
