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The Effects of University Testing Regimes on the Burden of COVID-19

Alvarado, Chance Robert
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-6344
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618488279713442

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2021, Master of Mathematical Sciences, Ohio State University, Mathematics.
Universities across the globe have adopted numerous intervention strategies in an attempt to curtail the spread of COVID-19 and keep students, faculty, and staff safe. A common strategy employed in on-campus student populations is that of frequent surveillance testing leading to isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine of suspected exposures. Limiting the spread of infection within the on-campus student body without placing undue burden on quarantine and isolation resources is a key question for university leadership. By examining the interplay between test frequency and test sensitivity under varying forces of infection it is shown that, in the absence of vaccination, frequent testing must be employed to limit the spread of infection while also minimizing the strain on quarantine and isolation resources. Testing twice-weekly using a test of high or low sensitivity for R0 values in the range of 2 to 3 generally contains the spread of COVID-19 without placing undue burden on quarantine and isolation resources. It is important to note that testing regimes that yield low quarantine and isolation burden do not necessarily lead to sucient mitigation of infection in a large university population.
Joseph Tien, Dr. (Advisor)
Grzegorz Rempala, Dr. (Advisor)
49 p.
Applied Mathematics; Epidemiology; Public Health
COVID-19; disease; university; quarantine; isolation; surveillance testing; agent-based; modeling; Python; SIRQIs

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  • Alvarado, C. R. (2021). The Effects of University Testing Regimes on the Burden of COVID-19 [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618488279713442

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alvarado, Chance. The Effects of University Testing Regimes on the Burden of COVID-19. 2021. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618488279713442.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alvarado, Chance. "The Effects of University Testing Regimes on the Burden of COVID-19." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618488279713442

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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