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. 2020 Nov 18;58(12):e01761-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01761-20

TABLE 6.

Effect of pooling on the sensitivity of RL-PCR in qPCR-positive feces

Pooled RL-PCRa Values by DNA quantity (pg/well)b of:
Total
<0.001 ≥0.001
No. tested 23 41 64
No. positive (%) 15 (65.2) 39 (95.1) 54 (84.4)
a

Tested at a pool size of 10 (1 positive plus 9 negative fecal samples).

b

DNA quantity detected by the conventional SYBR green-based qPCR assay.