Pooled testing with replication as a mass testing strategy for the COVID-19 pandemics

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Julius Žilinskas
Algirdas Lančinskas
Mario R. Guarracino
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[1] Vilnius University,Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies
[2] HSE – National Research University Higher School of Economics,undefined
[3] LATNA Laboratory,undefined
[4] University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,undefined
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During the COVID-19 pandemic it is essential to test as many people as possible, in order to detect early outbreaks of the infection. Present testing solutions are based on the extraction of RNA from patients using oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabs, and then testing with real-time PCR for the presence of specific RNA filaments identifying the virus. This approach is limited by the availability of reactants, trained technicians and laboratories. One of the ways to speed up the testing procedures is a group testing, where the swabs of multiple patients are grouped together and tested. In this paper we propose to use the group testing technique in conjunction with an advanced replication scheme in which each patient is allocated in two or more groups to reduce the total numbers of tests and to allow testing of even larger numbers of people. Under mild assumptions, a 13 ×  average reduction of tests can be achieved compared to individual testing without delay in time.
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