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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 through pool testing for COVID-19: an integrative review
- Source :
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 54 (2021), Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Volume: 54, Article number: e0276-2021, Published: 12 NOV 2021, Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.54 2021, Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT), instacron:SBMT
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2021.
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Abstract
- INTRODUCTION: The pool testing technique optimizes the number of tests performed and reduces the delivery time of results, which is an interesting strategy for the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This integrative review investigated studies in which pool testing was carried out for epidemiological or screening purposes to analyze its clinical or cost effectiveness and assessed the applicability of this method in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. METHODS: This integrative review used primary studies published in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), and Cochrane Library databases. RESULTS: A total of 435 studies were identified: 35.3% were carried out in Asia, 29.4% in Europe, 29.4% in North America, and 5.9% in Oceania. CONCLUSIONS: This review suggests that pool testing in the general population may be a useful surveillance strategy to detect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and to evaluate the period of immunogenicity and global immunity from vaccines.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Cost effectiveness
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
RC955-962
Population
MEDLINE
Review Article
Cochrane Library
COVID-19 Testing
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Environmental health
Diagnosis
Pandemic
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
education
Pandemics
Mass screening
education.field_of_study
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Pool testing
COVID-19
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16789849 and 00378682
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a552a02ac2970f4772ccfa0b2c921d8b