Pool Size Selection When Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Christopher R Bilder¹, Peter C Iwen^{2

3}, Baha Abdalhamid^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
³ Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Christopher R Bilder et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 15;72(6):1104-1105.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa774.

Christopher R Bilder¹, Peter C Iwen^{2

3}, Baha Abdalhamid^{2

3}

¹ Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
³ Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

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