Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June‒November 2020

We investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections in primary schools, kindergartens, and nurseries in Germany. Of 3,169 oropharyngeal swab specimens, only 2 were positive by real-time reverse transcription PCR. Asymptomatic children attending these institutions do not appear to be driving the pandemic when appropriate infection control measures are used.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 27(2021), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 2192-2196

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoch, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Vogel, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Kolberg, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Dick, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Fingerle, Volker [VerfasserIn]
Eberle, Ute [VerfasserIn]
Ackermann, Nikolaus [VerfasserIn]
Sing, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Huebner, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Rack-Hoch, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Schober, Tilmann [VerfasserIn]
von Both, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Childcare
Coronavirus disease
Coronaviruses
Germany
Journal Article
Kindergartens
Nurseries
Primary schools
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory infections
SARS-CoV-2
Sentinel
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Surveillance
Viruses
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 23.07.2021

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2708.204859

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326353623