Assessment of the Effective Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 Sample Pooling Based on a Large-Scale Screening Experience: Retrospective Analysis

Jorge J Cabrera Alvargonzalez   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Ana Larrañaga   ³ , MD ;   Javier Martinez   ⁴ , Prof Dr ;   Sonia Pérez Castro   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Sonia Rey Cao   ^{1, 2} , BSc ;   Carlos Daviña Nuñez   ² , MS ;   Víctor Del Campo Pérez   ⁵ , MD ;   Carmen Duran Parrondo   ⁶ , MD ;   Silvia Suarez Luque   ⁶ , MD ;   Elena González Alonso   ² , BSc ;   Alfredo José Silva Tojo   ⁷ , MD ;   Jacobo Porteiro   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Benito Regueiro   ^{1, 2} , Prof Dr

¹ Microbiology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Servicio Galego de Saude, Vigo, Spain

² Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), Microbiology and Infectology Research Group, Vigo, Spain

³ Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías, Energía y Procesos Industriales, University of Vigo, Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Spain

⁴ Applied Mathematics I, Telecommunications Engineering School, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Complexo Hospitalario, Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain

⁶ Dirección Xeral de Saúde Pública, Consellería de Sanidade, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

⁷ Dirección Xeral de Maiores y atención Sociosanitaria, Conselleria de Politica Social e Xuventude, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain