A 14+7 day quarantine period and a dual nucleic acid testing reagent strategy detect potentially indiscoverable Coronavirus disease 2019 infections in Xiamen, China

• Published in: Clinica chimica acta Vol. 532; pp. 89 - 94
• Main Authors: Wang, Yong-Jing, Xue, Jian-Hang, Fang, Zan-Xi, Xie, Jia-Wen, Niu, Jian-Jun, Yang, Tian-Ci, Lin, Li-Rong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2022
• Subjects: China; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; Humans; Indicators and Reagents; Nucleic Acids; Public health strategy; Quarantine; RT-qPCR; SARS-CoV-2; China; COVID-19; Quarantine; Public health strategy; SARS-CoV-2; RT-qPCR

•The probability of detection during the 14-day was higher than that during the 7-day.•The 14-day quarantine period is not sufficient to detect all COVID-19 patients.•When the two reagents were used in parallel, the detection rate reached 100%. Determining what quarantine period and detection strate...