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Pooling Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens to Improve Testing Capacity for SARS-CoV-2 by Real-Time RT-PCR

BACKGROUND: The detection of SARS-CoV-2 using qRT-PCR with the pooling of samples can reduce workload and costs especially when the prevalence rate of COVID-19 in a population is low. To analyse the effect of pooling samples on the sensitivity of RT-qPCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronav...

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Autores principales: Handous, Imene, Hannachi, Naila, Marzouk, Manel, Hazgui, Olfa, Bouafif Ep Ben Alaya, Nissaf, Boukadida, Jalel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34592917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12575-021-00156-6