Highlights
Clinical samples with ‘neat’ Ct values between 20 and 28 were all detected in pools of six.
Testing in a pool of six led to a mean drop of cycle threshold value of 2.9
Samples with viral load around the assay's limit of detection may be missed by pooling.
All confirmed negative samples were also negative when tested in pools of six.
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