Table 3 Estimated upper bound for the error (false negative) rate for single pools of up to 16 samples for markers N and ORF1ab.

From: Smart pooling: AI-powered COVID-19 informative group testing

Dilution

Error rate ORF1ab (%)

Error rate N (%)

\(2\times\)

0.2

0.2

\(3\times\)

0.2

0.2

\(4\times\)

0.6

0.5

\(5\times\)

2.6

1.5

\(6\times\)

2.7

2.6

\(7\times\)

3.5

3.2

\(8\times\)

4.3

3.9

\(9\times\)

5.0

4.4

\(10\times\)

5.4

4.8

\(11\times\)

6.4

5.8

\(12\times\)

7.0

6.4

\(13\times\)

7.6

7.0

\(14\times\)

8.3

7.6

\(15\times\)

9.0

8.2

\(16\times\)

9.7

8.7