Low In-School COVID-19 Transmission and Asymptomatic Infection Despite High Community Prevalence - 22/09/21
Résumé |
There is concern that in-person schooling during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will facilitate disease transmission. Through asymptomatic surveillance and contact tracing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), we found low rates of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and little in-school transmission of COVID-19 when physical distancing and masking strategies were enforced despite a high community prevalence of COVID-19.
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Abbreviations : COVID-19, PCR, RT-qPCR, SARS-CoV-2, VUMC
Plan
Supported by the Dolly Parton Coronavirus disease 2019 Research Fund to Vanderbilt University Medical Center; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health fellowship, sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (to S.K.). The funders were not involved in study design or conduct, data analysis, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit for publication. K.E. receives grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the CDC, serves as a consultant to BioNet and IBM, and is a member of the Data Safety and Monitoring Committees for Sanofi, X-4 Pharma, Seqirus, Moderna Pfizer, Merck, and Roche (all for projects unrelated to this study). N.H. receives grant funding from Quidel and Sanofi, serves as a consultant for Moderna, and has received speaker's honoraria from an educational grant supported by Genentech. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
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