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Sensitivity and specificity of pooled versus individual sera in a human immunodeficiency virus antibody prevalence study
1989
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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We evaluated the efficacy of testing pooled versus individual sera for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus antibody. A total of 5,000 individual specimens and 500 pools of 10 specimens each were assayed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. There was complete agreement in human immunodeficiency virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reactivity for pooled versus individual specimens. An estimated savings of 60 to 80% (labor and supplies) can be realized dependent upon pooling and assay format.
doi:10.1128/jcm.27.8.1893-1895.1989
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