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We used a mathematical model to evaluate the impact of mass testing in the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Under optimistic assumptions, one round of mass testing may reduce daily infections by up to 20–30%. Consequently, very frequent testing would be required to control a quickly growing epidemic if other control measures were to be relaxed. Mass testing is most relevant when epidemic growth remains limited through a combination of interventions.

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Impact of mass testing during an epidemic rebound of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study using the example of France
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Paolo+Bosetti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bosetti Paolo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C%C3%A9cile+Tran+Kiem&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kiem Cécile Tran</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Yazdan+Yazdanpanah&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yazdanpanah Yazdan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Arnaud+Fontanet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fontanet Arnaud</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bruno+Lina&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lina Bruno</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Vittoria+Colizza&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Colizza Vittoria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Simon+Cauchemez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cauchemez Simon</a></span>. Impact of mass testing during an epidemic rebound of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study using the example of France. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(1):pii=2001978. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2001978" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.26.1.2001978</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 23 Nov 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 18 Dec 2020 </span> </p>
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