1. Effective high-throughput RT-qPCR screening for SARS-CoV-2 infections in children
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Felix Dewald, Isabelle Suárez, Ronja Johnen, Jan Grossbach, Roberto Moran-Tovar, Gertrud Steger, Alexander Joachim, Gibran Horemheb Rubio, Mira Fries, Florian Behr, Joao Kley, Andreas Lingnau, Alina Kretschmer, Carina Gude, Guadelupe Baeza-Flores, David Laveaga del Valle, Alberto Roblero-Hernandez, Jesus Magana-Cerino, Adriana Torres Hernandez, Jesus Ruiz-Quinones, Konstantin Schega, Viktoria Linne, Lena Junker, Marie Wunsch, Eva Heger, Elena Knops, Veronica Di Cristanziano, Meike Meyer, Christoph Hünseler, Lutz T. Weber, Jan-Christoffer Lüers, Gustav Quade, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Carsten Tiemann, Rainer Zotz, Hassan Jomaa, Arthur Pranada, Ileana Herzum, Paul Cullen, Franz-Josef Schmitz, Paul Philipsen, Georg Kirchner, Cornelius Knabbe, Martin Hellmich, Michael Buess, Anna Wolff, Annelene Kossow, Johannes Niessen, Sebastian Jeworutzki, Jörg-Peter Schräpler, Michael Lässig, Jörg Dötsch, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Rolf Kaiser, Andreas Beyer, Jan Rybniker, and Florian Klein
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Science - Abstract
Dewald et al. combine a non-invasive sampling approach (Lolli-Test) with an RT qPCR-pool testing strategy to screen for SARS-CoV-2 infections in children and use the method for surveillance and infection control in > 4000 school and daycare settings.
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- 2022
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