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10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.011

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pmid33781658      Indian+J+Med+Microbiol 2021 ; 39 (3): 339-342
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  • Evaluating the efficiency of specimen (sample) pooling for real-time PCR based diagnosis of COVID-19 #MMPMID33781658
  • Shukla S; Upadhyay V; Maurya VK
  • Indian J Med Microbiol 2021[Jul]; 39 (3): 339-342 PMID33781658show ga
  • PURPOSE: 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. METHOD: This study was conducted between August and October 2020, we performed COVID-19 testing by RT-PCR on the samples from varying prevalence of rural population (non-hot spot) referred to COVID laboratory, in the first step, the samples were collated into pools of 5 or 10. These pools were tested by RT-PCR. Negative pools were reported as negative whereas positive pools of 5 and 10 were then de-convoluted and each sample was tested individually. RESULTS: In the present study, we tested 1580 samples in 158 pools of 10 and 17,515 samples in 3503 pools of 5. Among 10 samples pool, 11 (13%) pools flagged positive in the first step. In the second step, among 11 pools (110 samples) de-convoluted strategy was followed in which 10 individual samples came positive. Among 5 samples pool, 164 (13%) pools flagged positive in the first step. In the second step, among 164 pools (820 samples) de-convoluted strategy was followed in which 171 individual samples came positive. The pooled sample testing strategy saves substantial resources and time during surge testing and enhanced pandemic surveillance. This approach requires around 76%-93% fewer tests in low to moderate prevalence settings and group sizes up to 5-10 in a population, compared to individual testing. CONCLUSION: Pooled sample RT- PCR analysis strategies can save substantial resources and time for COVID-19 mass testing in comparison with individual testing without compromising the quality of outcome of the test. In particular, the pooled sample approach can facilitate mass screening in the early asymptomatic stages of COVID-19 infections.
  • |COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing/methods[MESH]
  • |COVID-19/*diagnosis[MESH]
  • |Humans[MESH]
  • |Pandemics[MESH]
  • |Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/*methods[MESH]
  • |Sensitivity and Specificity[MESH]


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