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Amount of testing matters more than the sensitivity of COVID-19 tests A computational analysis of COVID-19 tests suggests that, in order to minimize the number of infections in a population, the amount of testing matters more than the sensitivity of the tests that are used. Philip Cherian and Gautam Menon of Ashoka University in Sonipat, India, and Sandeep Krishna of the National Centre for Biological Sciences TIFR, Bangalore, India, present their findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology. Different states in India use different mixes of two main tests for COVID-19: a very sensitive reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) test and a less sensitive rapid antigen test. Traditional thinking holds that an all-RT-PCR approach will ultimately lead to fewer overall infections. While RT-PCR tests are more sensitive than rapid antigen tests, they are more expensive and do not provide results immediately. Therefore, the precise mix of tests needed to opt

Gautam menonSandeep krishnaPhilip cherianEmily hendersonNational centre for biological sciencesAshoka university in sonipatAshoka universityNational centreBiological sciencesகௌதம் மேனன்சந்தீப் கிருஷ்ணாபிலிப் செரியன்எமிலி ஹென்டர்சன்தேசிய மையம் க்கு உயிரியல் அறிவியல்அசோகா பல்கலைக்கழகம் இல் சோனிபத்அசோகா பல்கலைக்கழகம்