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Acknowledgments: We thank all health care workers, Slovak armed forces, and countless volunteers who helped with the execution of the mass testing campaign. Further, we thank all participants who contributed their time to help curb the pandemic and particularly those who had to quarantine as a result of their or their household’s or contact’s test result. Funding: This work was supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society 208812/Z/17/Z (to S.Fl.); Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (to S.Fu., S.A., and K.S.); and Elrha’s Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme funded by the UK Government (DFID), the Wellcome Trust, and the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (K.V.-Z.). The following funding sources are acknowledged as providing funding for the working group authors: BBSRC LIDP BB/M009513/1 (to D.S.); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-001754 (to M.Q.); INV-003174 (to K.P., M. ....
The impact of population-wide rapid antigen testing on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in Slovakia sciencemag.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencemag.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The impact of population-wide rapid antigen testing on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in Slovakia sciencemag.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencemag.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
mass rapid antigen testing in Slovakia Abstract Mass antigen testing in Slovakia conducted in October and November 2020 is a source of important data. We perform its statistical analysis and study epidemic geographical patterns. We observe exponentially distributed test positivity and exponential trends in its geographical distribution, and its approximately 10 km spatial characteristic correlation length. A small correlation between positivity in two consecutive testing rounds appeared on the municipalities level but it significantly increased on the counties level. Recent 7-day PCR tests incidence per capita served as a good proxy for antigen test positivity. Positivity of non-residents was higher than of residents when mass testing was offered only in municipalities with the highest positivity in previous rounds. Reduction in positivity in repeated testing increased with the positivity in the earlier round. Our results contribute to better understanding of pa ....