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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Research

Simulation Study of Surveillance Strategies for Faster Detection of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Selina PatelComments to Author , Fergus Cumming, Carl Mayers, André Charlett1, and Steven Riley1
Author affiliations: University College London, London, UK (S. Patel); UK Health Security Agency, London (S. Patel, F. Cumming, C. Mayers, A. Charlett, S. Riley); Imperial College London, London (S. Riley)

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Table 1

Simulated time to detect a novel variant since index case in study of traveler testing for surveillance of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants

Percentage tested Empirical percentiles of simulated time to detection distribution, d
5th 25th Median 75th 95th
10 104 121 131 140 150
20 96 114 123 131 141
30 94 110 119 126 136
40 89 107 115 123 131
50 86 105 114 121 130

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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