TY - JOUR AU - Cabrera Alvargonzález, 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 SN - 14712334 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3425 AB - Background: 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... AB - Methods: A total of 25,386 Nasopharyngeal swab samples from the total of the residents and workers at Care Homes in Galicia (March to May 2020) were individually tested using RT-PCR. Prevalence and quantification cycle (Cq) value distribution of... AB - Results: Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 infection at Care Homes was uneven (0–60%). As the virus circulation global rate was low in our area (3.32%), the number of people at risk of acquiring the infection continues to be very high. In this work, we have... AB - Conclusions: A new screening system with guaranteed protection is required for small clusters, previously covered with individual testing. Our proposal for Care Homes, once prevalence zero is achieved, would include successive rounds of testing using... LA - eng PB - BMC Infectious Diseases TI - Pooling for SARS-CoV-2 control in care institutions DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-05446-0 ER -