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SUBMITTER: Nichols JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8241114 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nichols James D JD Bogich Tiffany L TL Howerton Emily E Bjørnstad Ottar N ON Borchering Rebecca K RK Ferrari Matthew M Haran Murali M Jewell Christopher C Pepin Kim M KM Probert William J M WJM Pulliam Juliet R C JRC Runge Michael C MC Tildesley Michael M Viboud Cécile C Shea Katriona K
PLoS biology 20210617 6
More than 1.6 million Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests were administered daily in the United States at the peak of the epidemic, with a significant focus on individual treatment. Here, we show that objective-driven, strategic sampling designs and analyses can maximize information gain at the population level, which is necessary to increase situational awareness and predict, prepare for, and respond to a pandemic, while also continuing to inform individual treatm ...[more]