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Table 4 Intra- and inter-assay of 8-pooled sampling

From: Evaluation of pooling of samples for testing SARS-CoV- 2 for mass screening of COVID-19

8 – fold pooled sample

Coefficient of Variation %

Intra assay

 High viral load positive samples

0–4%

 Medium viral load positive samples

0–3%

 Low viral load/ Weak positives

2–141%

Inter assay

 High viral load positive samples

2–14%

 Medium viral load positive samples

2–87%

 Low viral load/ Weak positives

26–173%