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POOLED TESTING [1 record]

Record 1 2025-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Scientific Research Methods
CONT

Pooling—sometimes referred to as pool testing or pooled testing—means combining respiratory samples from several people and conducting one laboratory test on the combined pool of samples to detect SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
DEF

Analyse biologique qui est effectuée sur un ensemble de prélèvements réalisés au sein d'une population et préalablement mélangés, pour y rechercher la présence d'un marqueur.

OBS

test groupé sur échantillons mélangés; test groupé : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 7 août 2022.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Métodos de investigación científica
CONT

La técnica estadística conocida como prueba de grupo [...] puede contribuir al ahorro de recursos cuantiosos para la estimación y detección de enfermedades infecciosas en ciencia animal cuando la prevalencia es menor o igual al 10%.

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