PoolTestR: An R package for estimating prevalence and regression modelling with pooled samples.

@article{McLure2020PoolTestRAR,
  title={PoolTestR: An R package for estimating prevalence and regression modelling with pooled samples.},
  author={Angus McLure and Ben O'Neill and Helen J. Mayfield and Colleen L. Lau and Brady McPherson},
  journal={arXiv: Computation},
  year={2020}
}
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