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University of Nebraska |
AJCP |
USA |
People at risk for COVID-19 |
Special article |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Ben-Ami et al. 1919. Ben-Ami R, Klochendler A, Seidel M, Sido T, Gurel-Gurevich O, Yassour M, et al. Large-scale implementation of pooled RNA extraction and RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020;26(9):1248-53. |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Clinical Microbiology and Infection |
Israel |
Asymptomatic |
Original article |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Chong et al. 2020. Chong BSW, Tran T, Druce J, Ballard SA, Simpson JA, Catton M. Sample pooling is a viable strategy for SARS-CoV-2 detection in low-prevalence settings. Pathology. 2020;52(7):796-800. |
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory; University of Melbourne |
Pathology |
Australia |
Hospital inpatients, healthcare workers |
Brief report |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Garg et al. 2121. Garg J, Singh V, Pandey P, Verma A, Sen M, Das A, et al. Evaluation of sample pooling for diagnosis of COVID‐19 by real time‐PCR: A resource‐saving combat strategy. J Med Virol . 2020;93(3):1526-31. |
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia |
Journal of Medical Virology |
India |
General sample in areas with varying prevalence of population referred to COVID laboratory |
Original article |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
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Institute of Medical Science |
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Hogan et al. 2222. Hogan CA, Sahoo MK, Pinsky BA. Sample pooling as a strategy to detect community transmission of SARS-CoV-2. JAMA Netw Open . 2020;323(19):1967-69. |
Stanford University |
JAMA Network Open |
USA |
Patients with flu-like symptoms |
Letter |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
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School of Medicine |
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Jung et al. 2323. Jung J, Kim M-N, Kim S-H. Universal screening with sample pooling in preoperative patients as long-term strategy in the COVID-19 pandemic. J Korean Med Sci. 2020;35(33):e309. |
University of Ulsan |
JKMS |
South Korea |
Preoperative patients |
Opinion |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
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College of Medicine |
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Lim et al. 2424. Lim KL, Johari NA, Wong ST, Khaw LT, Tan BK, Chan KK, et al. A novel strategy for community screening of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): Sample pooling method. PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0238417. |
International Medical University |
PLoS ONE |
Malaysia |
Contact tracing for COVID-19 |
Original article |
Cross-sectional: Inquiry |
Lohse et al. 2525. Lohse S, Pfuhl T, Berkó-Göttel B, Gärtner B, Becker SL, Schneitler S, et al. Challenges and issues of SARS-CoV-2 pool testing - Authors’ reply . Lancet Infect Dis . 2020;20(11):1234-5. |
Saarland University Medical Center |
The Lancet Infectious Diseases |
Italy |
Asymptomatic |
Letter |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Mastrianni et al. 2626. Mastrianni D, Falivena R, Brooks T, McDermott B, Tan J, Vandell R, et al. Pooled Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med. 2020;15(9):538-9. |
Saratoga Hospital |
Journal of Hospital Medicine |
USA |
Patients at low risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
Brief report |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Möckel et al. 2727. Möckel M, Thibeault C, Stein A, Hofmann J, Gastmeier P. Daily pool testing of nasopharyngeal self-obtained swaps of healthcare professionals with definite COVID-19 exposition. Eur J Emerg Med. 2020;27(4):301-2. |
Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
European Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Germany |
Health professionals |
Letter |
Case report |
Mohanty et al. 2828. Mohanty S, Ravindra A, Gupta K, Hallur V, Behera B, Mahaptra A, et al. Intricacies in characterizing positivity in pooled sample testing for SARS-CoV-2. J Med Virol . 2021;93:2799-804. |
India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Journal of Medical Virology |
India |
Asymptomatic or symptomatic people that had contact with infected patients |
Original article |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Petrucca et al. 2929. Petrucca A, Borro M, Lionetto L, Gentile G, Alari A, Simmaco M, et al. Validation of a small-size pooling approach targeting hospital surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;1-2. |
Sant’Andrea Hospital; University of Rome |
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
Italy |
Health professionals |
Letter |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Schmidt et al. (30) |
German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service; Goethe-University |
Transfusion |
Germany |
Symptomatic patients and asymptomatic employees |
Original article |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Denny et al. 3131. Denny TN, Andrews L, Bonsignori M, Cavanaugh K, Datto MB, Deckard A, et al. Implementation of a pooled surveillance testing program for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections on a college campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2020;69(46):1743-7. |
Duke University |
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
USA |
Asymptomatic |
Brief Report |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Kim et al. 1111. Kim SY, Lee J, Sung H, Lee H, Han MG, Yoo CK, et al. Pooling upper respiratory specimens for rapid mass screening of COVID-19 by real-time RT-PCR. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(10):2469-72. |
Asan Medical Center; University of Ulsan College of Medicine |
JKMS |
South Korea |
Health professionals |
Brief Report |
Cross-sectional: Screening |
Schneitler et al. 3232. Schneitler S, Jung P, Bub F, Alhussein F, Benthien S, Berger FK, et al. Simple questionnaires to improve pooling strategies for SARS-CoV-2 laboratory testing. Ann Glob Health, 2020;86(1):148. |
Saarland University; University of Cologne |
Annals of Global Health |
Germany |
Police staff, hospital inpatients, and nursing home residents |
Original article |
Case-control |
Wang et al. 3333. Wang W, Xu Y, Gao R, Lu R, Han K, Wu G, et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. 2020;323(18):1843-4. |
Stanford University |
Emerging Infectious Diseases |
USA |
Symptomatic and asymptomatic inpatients and outpatients |
Original article |
Case-control |