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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Real-time tracking of infectious diseases like COVID-19 is crucial for public health.
  • Accurate and timely detection of infected and recovered individuals is a key challenge for healthcare providers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for real-time tracking of infection status.
  • To minimize the average difference between actual and estimated infection status.
  • To optimize testing strategies for improved timeliness and accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical expression for average difference based on infection, recovery, and test rates.
  • Alternating minimization algorithm to determine optimal test rates.
  • Analysis of noisy test measurements and dependent infection status.

Main Results:

  • Unequal testing rates, prioritizing individuals with higher infection/recovery rates, improve tracking efficiency under limited test capacity.
  • Increased population size and diversity enhance the efficiency of testing capacity allocation.
  • Adjustable test rate allocation can prioritize detection of infected or recovered individuals.
  • Careful selection of error metrics is vital for aligning testing strategies with healthcare provider priorities.

Conclusions:

  • Optimized, non-uniform testing strategies are more effective than uniform testing for real-time infection status tracking.
  • System performance improves with increased population size due to greater diversity.
  • The choice of error metric significantly impacts testing allocation and overall effectiveness.