Detection of SARS-CoV-2 through pool testing for COVID-19: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,Murilo Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Guimarães,Nathalia Sernizon, Andrade,André Barbosa de, Vaz-Tostes,Luiza Passini, Oliveira,Rhuan Braga, Simões,Madara da Silva, Gelape,Gabriel de Oliveira, Alves,Claudia Regina Lindgren, Machado,Elaine Leandro, Fonseca,Flávio Guimarães da, Teixeira,Santuza Maria Ribeiro, Sato,Hugo Itaru, Takahashi,Ricardo Hiroshi Caldeira, Tupinambás,Unaí
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822021000100201
• topic: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Pool testing; Diagnosis; Pandemic

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The pool testing technique optimizes the number of tests performed and reduces the delivery time of results, which is an interesting strategy for the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This integrative review investigated studies in which pool testing was carried out for epidemiological or screening purposes to analyze its clinical or cost effectiveness and assessed the applicability of this method in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. METHODS: This integrative review used primary studies published in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), and Cochrane Library databases. RESULTS: A total of 435 studies were identified: 35.3% were carried out in Asia, 29.4% in Europe, 29.4% in North America, and 5.9% in Oceania. CONCLUSIONS: This review suggests that pool testing in the general population may be a useful surveillance strategy to detect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and to evaluate the period of immunogenicity and global immunity from vaccines.