Table 2.
Comparison of swab-pool to individual test resultsa
| Swab-pool test results |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Marginally positiveb | Negative | |
| Individual test resultsc | |||
| Positive | 45 | 6 | 4 |
| Marginally positiveb | 5 | 13 | 7 |
| Negative | 3 | 27 | 1163 |
Summary of the qRT-PCR results of 1273 swab pools compared to the results of individual testing of subjects in these pools. A cohort of 25 389 subjects was tested.
Marginally positive test results typically indicate Ct ≥ 35.5.
One or more individual positive result of samples that were pooled are counted as one occurrence.