TY - JOUR AU - Cabrera Alvargonzalez, Jorge Julio AU - Rey Cao, Sonia AU - Pérez Castro, Sonia AU - Martinez Lamas, Lucía AU - Cores Calvo, Olaia AU - Torres Piñon, Julio AU - Porteiro Fresco, Jacobo AU - Garcia Comesaña, Julio AU - Regueiro Garcia, Benito PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/12 TI - Pooling for SARS-CoV-2 control in care institutions JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 745 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Workers and residents in Care Homes are considered at special risk for the acquisition of SARS-CoV-2 infection, due to the infectivity and high mortality rate in the case of residents, compared to other containment areas. The role of presymptomatic people in transmission has been shown to be important and the early detection of these people is critical for the control of new outbreaks. Pooling strategies have proven to preserve SARS-CoV-2 testing resources. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05446-0 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-05446-0 ID - Cabrera Alvargonzalez2020 ER -