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American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 3(9), 2021
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00996-21
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Evaluation of Sample Pooling for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Nasopharyngeal Swab and Saliva Samples with the Idylla SARS-CoV-2 Test
Journal article published in 2021 by
Paul Hofman,
Maryline Allegra,
Myriam Salah,
Jonathan Benzaquen,
Virginie Tanga,
Olivier Bordone,
Julien Fayada,
Elodie Long-Mira,
Sandra Lassalle,
Elisabeth Lanteri,
Virginie Lespinet-Fabre,
Patrick Brest,
Baharia Mograbi,
Charlotte Maniel,
Jacques Boutros 
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Abstract
To control outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to avoid reagent shortages, testing strategies must be adapted and maintained for the foreseeable future. We analyzed the feasibility of pooling NPS and saliva samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing with the Idylla SARS-CoV-2 test, and we found that sensitivity was dependent on the pool size.