Open AccessEvaluating the efficiency of specimen (sample) pooling for real-time PCR based diagnosis of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Surabhi Shukla,
Vandana Upadhyay,
Vinod Kumar Maurya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-3646
pISSN - 0255-0857
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.011
Subject(s) - pooling , sample (material) , population , covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , biology , veterinary medicine , computer science , chemistry , environmental health , chromatography , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
This study is aims at evaluating the efficacy and sensitivity of specimen pooling for testing of SARS-CoV-2 virus to determine the accuracy, resource savings, and identification of borderline positive cases without impacting the accuracy of the testing.
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