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cord-313107-6cfenpxm	Singh, Anirudh K.	Evaluation of pooled sample analysis strategy in expediting case detection in areas with emerging outbreaks of COVID-19: A pilot study	2020-09-22		.txt	text/plain	2889	124	50	In this context, a pooled sample testing strategy was evaluated in the setting of emerging disease outbreak in 3 central Indian districts to assess if the cost of the test and turn-around time could be reduced without compromising its diagnostic characteristics and thus lead to early containment of the outbreak. At the reported point prevalence of 4.8% in this study, the negative predictive value of qRT-PCR on pooled samples was around 96% suggesting that the adoption of this strategy as an effective screening tool for COVID-19 needs to be carefully evaluated. We hypothesized that testing of pooled respiratory samples, collected from potentially infected individuals, could lead to faster laboratory confirmation and quicker containment of the emerging infection in these districts and, thus, undertook this study to evaluate the diagnostic concordance between the strategies of pooled vs.	./cache/cord-313107-6cfenpxm.txt	./txt/cord-313107-6cfenpxm.txt