We need lateral flow testing. Here’s how to make it work

Nichol, Bob and Machin, Dean (2021) We need lateral flow testing. Here’s how to make it work. LSE COVID-19 Blog (03 Feb 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Lateral flow tests have proved controversial in the scientific community. But they are cheap, fast and readily available, say Bob Nichol and Dean Machin (University of Portsmouth), and campus exercises show that with properly-trained testers, devolved tracing and incentives to get a test, they can halt outbreaks of COVID-19.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2021 10:18
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:48
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109068

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