This study describes findings of novel coronavirus testing on pooled nasopharyngeal and bronchoalveolar lavage samples taken from patients who had negative results by routine respiratory virus testing to see if pooling samples could increase testing throughput and efficiency and facilitate early detection of community COVID-19 transmission.

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样本汇集作为检测 SARS-CoV-2 社区传播的策略

本研究描述了对从常规呼吸道病毒检测结果为阴性的患者身上采集的合并鼻咽和支气管肺泡灌洗样本的新型冠状病毒检测结果，以查看合并样本是否可以提高检测通量和效率，并促进社区 COVID-19 传播的早期检测。