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Assessment of sample pooling for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing for screening of asymptomatic persons in Tunisia

The aim of this study is to test a pooling approach for the RT-PCR test to detect low viral loads of SARS-CoV-2. We found that a single positive specimen can still be detected in pools of up to 10. Each laboratory should conduct its own evaluation and validation of pooling protocols according to its...

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Autores principales:	Abid, Salma, Ferjani, Sana, El Moussi, Awatef, Ferjani, Asma, Nasr, Mejda, Landolsi, Ichrak, Saidi, Karima, Gharbi, Hanène, Letaief, Hajer, Hechaichi, Aicha, Safer, Mouna, Ben Alaya, Nissaf Bouafif ep, Boubaker, Ilhem Boutiba-Ben
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:	Virology
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32768876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115125

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