Recommendations for sample pooling on the Cepheid GeneXpert^® system using the Cepheid Xpert^® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay

• Michael G. Becker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Tracy Taylor,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Sandra Kiazyk,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Dana R. Cabiles,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Adrienne F. A. Meyers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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• Paul A. Sandstrom

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Paul.Sandstrom@Canada.ca

  Affiliations National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, National Microbiology Laboratory, JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-3664

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