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. 2022 Apr 20;12:6519. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10128-9

Table 1.

Optimal pooling strategies restricted by a maximum pool size c.

Pooling protocol Prevalence Interval (%)
Lower bound Upper Bound
c=10
S10 0.00 1.25
S9 1.25 1.375
S10×10 1.375 4.875
S9×10 4.875 5.25
S9×9 5.25 5.875
S8×9 5.875 6.375
S8×8 6.375 7.375
S7×8 7.375 8.125
S7×7 8.125 9.625
S6×7 9.625 10.875
S6×6 10.875 12.125
S4 12.125 12.375
S3 12.375 25.00
c=5
S5 0.00 6.625
S4 6.625 12.375
S3 12.375 25.00

Prevalence intervals and their respective optimal pooling strategy. Sm are single pooling protocols and Sm×n are matrix pooling protocols.