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cord-350686-q2bu7o4i	Bilder, Christopher R	Pool size selection when testing for SARS-CoV-2	2020-06-16		.txt	text/plain	539	55	71	title: Pool size selection when testing for SARS-CoV-2 M a n u s c r i p t Dear Editor-Pooling samples has been proposed in multiple articles as an efficient way to test for SARS-CoV-2 [1] [2] [3] [4] . They concluded that "this pooling method can be applied immediately in current clinical testing laboratories." However, this research [1] and similar research of others [2] [3] missed answering a very important question: How does one choose the most efficient pool size relative to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in samples? The efficiencies from pooling samples occur when pools test negative. For example, the most efficient pool size is four samples when prevalence is 10% (calculation to be discussed shortly). By changing the size to 32 samples in our example, only 3% of the pools will test negative. Pooling of samples for testing for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic people	./cache/cord-350686-q2bu7o4i.txt	./txt/cord-350686-q2bu7o4i.txt