Background Pool-testing strategies combine samples from multiple people and test them as
a group. A pool-testing approach may shorten the screening time and increase the test rate …

There are more than 350 real‐time polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) coronavirus
disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) testing kits commercially available but these kits have not been …

Background To accompany the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown measures, Luxembourg
implemented a mass screening (MS) programme. The first phase coincided with an early …

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic outburst has caused a serious public health issue with
increasing needs of accurate and rapid diagnostic and screening testing. This situation …

Pooling multiple swab samples before RNA extraction and real-time reverse transcription
polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis has been proposed as a strategy to reduce …

Background The negative impact of continued school closures during the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic warrants the establishment of cost-effective strategies for surveillance …

To minimize sample dilution effect on SARS-CoV-2 pool testing, we assessed analytical and
diagnostic performance of a new methodology, namely swab pooling. In this method, swabs …

SARS-CoV-2 has surged across the globe causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Systematic testing to facilitate index case isolation and contact tracing is needed for efficient …

The emergence and quick spread of SARS-CoV-2 has pointed at a low capacity response
for testing large populations in many countries, in line of material, technical and staff …

The COVID-19 pandemic requires sensitive detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from
samples to ensure accurate detection of infected patients, an essential component of …