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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 2;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211811. Online ahead of print.
Limited Propagation of SARS-CoV-2 among Children in a Childcare Center, Canada, 2021
Anthony Li, Kieran Moore, Lindsay Bowthorpe, Julie Sousa, T Hugh Guan
Abstract
An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 with no definitive source and potential exposure to variants of concern was declared at a childcare center in Ontario, Canada, in March 2021. We developed a robust outbreak management approach to detect, contain, and interrupt this outbreak and limit propagation among children.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 testing; SARS-CoV-2; child day care centers; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; infection control; patient isolation; public health; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Dec 2;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211811. Online ahead of print.
Limited Propagation of SARS-CoV-2 among Children in a Childcare Center, Canada, 2021
Anthony Li, Kieran Moore, Lindsay Bowthorpe, Julie Sousa, T Hugh Guan
- PMID: 34856115
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2801.211811
Abstract
An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 with no definitive source and potential exposure to variants of concern was declared at a childcare center in Ontario, Canada, in March 2021. We developed a robust outbreak management approach to detect, contain, and interrupt this outbreak and limit propagation among children.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 testing; SARS-CoV-2; child day care centers; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; infection control; patient isolation; public health; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.