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Table 2 Derived conditional sensitivity values for the HIV ULTRIO Plus Assay (in %) as a function of the pool size and the number of infected specimens in a pool (Sens(n; i)) (reported in 9 decimal point accuracy)

From: A methodology for deriving the sensitivity of pooled testing, based on viral load progression and pooling dilution

Pool size (n)

Number of infected specimens (i)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

99.98

99.93

99.88

99.82

99.76

99.70

99.65

99.59

2

 

99.9998

99.9995

99.9992

99.9988

99.9983

99.9979

99.9974

3

  

100.00000

99.99999

99.99999

99.99999

99.99998

99.99998

4

   

99.9999999

99.9999999

99.9999999

99.9999998

99.9999997

6

    

99.999999999

99.999999998

99.999999997

99.999999996

7

     

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

8

      

100.000000000

100.000000000

Pool size (n)

Number of infected specimens (i)

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

1

99.54

99.50

99.45

99.41

99.37

99.33

99.29

99.26

2

99.9969

99.9963

99.9958

99.9953

99.9948

99.9942

99.9937

99.9932

3

99.99997

99.99996

99.99996

99.99995

99.99994

99.99994

99.99993

99.99992

4

99.9999997

99.9999996

99.9999995

99.9999994

99.9999993

99.9999991

99.9999990

99.9999989

5

99.999999995

99.999999994

99.999999992

99.999999991

99.999999989

99.999999987

99.999999985

99.999999983

6

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

7

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

8

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

9

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

10

 

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

11

  

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

12

   

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

13

    

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

14

     

100.000000000

100.000000000

100.000000000

15

      

100.000000000

100.000000000

16

       

100.000000000