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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Sep 29;27(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211306. Online ahead of print.
Interventions to Disrupt Coronavirus Disease Transmission at a University, Wisconsin, USA, August-October 2020
Dustin W Currie, Gage K Moreno, Miranda J Delahoy, Ian W Pray, Amanda Jovaag, Katarina M Braun, Devlin Cole, Todd Shechter, Geroncio C Fajardo, Carol Griggs, Brian S Yandell, Steve Goldstein, Dena Bushman, Hannah E Segaloff, G Patrick Kelly, Collin Pitts, Christine Lee, Katarina M Grande, Amanda Kita-Yarbro, Brittany Grogan, Sara Mader, Jake Baggott, Allen C Bateman, Ryan P Westergaard, Jacqueline E Tate, Thomas C Friedrich, Hannah L Kirking, David H O'Connor, Marie E Killerby
Abstract
University settings have demonstrated potential for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks; they combine congregate living, substantial social activity, and a young population predisposed to mild illness. Using genomic and epidemiologic data, we describe a COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. During August-October 2020, a total of 3,485 students, including 856/6,162 students living in dormitories, tested positive. Case counts began rising during move-in week, August 25-31, 2020, then rose rapidly during September 1-11, 2020. The university initiated multiple prevention efforts, including quarantining 2 dormitories; a subsequent decline in cases was observed. Genomic surveillance of cases from Dane County, in which the university is located, did not find evidence of transmission from a large cluster of cases in the 2 quarantined dorms during the outbreak. Coordinated implementation of prevention measures can reduce COVID-19 spread in university settings and may limit spillover to the surrounding community.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 testing; SARS-CoV-2; United States; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Wisconsin; coronavirus disease; dormitory; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; students; university; viruses; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses.
. 2021 Sep 29;27(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2711.211306. Online ahead of print.
Interventions to Disrupt Coronavirus Disease Transmission at a University, Wisconsin, USA, August-October 2020
Dustin W Currie, Gage K Moreno, Miranda J Delahoy, Ian W Pray, Amanda Jovaag, Katarina M Braun, Devlin Cole, Todd Shechter, Geroncio C Fajardo, Carol Griggs, Brian S Yandell, Steve Goldstein, Dena Bushman, Hannah E Segaloff, G Patrick Kelly, Collin Pitts, Christine Lee, Katarina M Grande, Amanda Kita-Yarbro, Brittany Grogan, Sara Mader, Jake Baggott, Allen C Bateman, Ryan P Westergaard, Jacqueline E Tate, Thomas C Friedrich, Hannah L Kirking, David H O'Connor, Marie E Killerby
- PMID: 34586058
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2711.211306
Abstract
University settings have demonstrated potential for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks; they combine congregate living, substantial social activity, and a young population predisposed to mild illness. Using genomic and epidemiologic data, we describe a COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. During August-October 2020, a total of 3,485 students, including 856/6,162 students living in dormitories, tested positive. Case counts began rising during move-in week, August 25-31, 2020, then rose rapidly during September 1-11, 2020. The university initiated multiple prevention efforts, including quarantining 2 dormitories; a subsequent decline in cases was observed. Genomic surveillance of cases from Dane County, in which the university is located, did not find evidence of transmission from a large cluster of cases in the 2 quarantined dorms during the outbreak. Coordinated implementation of prevention measures can reduce COVID-19 spread in university settings and may limit spillover to the surrounding community.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 testing; SARS-CoV-2; United States; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Wisconsin; coronavirus disease; dormitory; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; students; university; viruses; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses.