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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jul 1;63(3):e87–e93. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318292f9cd

Table 4.

Overall Relative efficiency and cost-savings of Minipool and Minipool+algorithm strategies for pooled viral load testing of samples obtained in Real-time.

Testing Strategy No. of samples* No. of assays
performed		 No. of
assays saved		 Relative
Efficiency
(95% CI)		 Cost savings
(per 100 assays
saved)
Minipool 125 115 10 8.0 (3.9–14.2) $400
Minipool+algorithm 125 100 25 20.0 (13.4–28.1) $1,000
*

A total of 125 plasma samples were obtained from children attending clinic for ART monitoring in real-time: at various times after ART initiation: 1 within 4–6 months, and 24 within 6–12 months, 33 within 1–2 years, 23 within 2–3 years, 3–4 within 31 years, 9 within 4–5 years, and 4 within 5–6 years post ART initiation.