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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jun 4;27(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204859. Online ahead of print.
Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June‒November 2020
Martin Hoch, Sebastian Vogel, Laura Kolberg, Elisabeth Dick, Volker Fingerle, Ute Eberle, Nikolaus Ackermann, Andreas Sing, Johannes Huebner, Anita Rack-Hoch, Tilmann Schober, Ulrich von Both
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; SARS-CoV-2; childcare; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; kindergartens; nurseries; primary schools; respiratory infections; sentinel; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jun 4;27(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204859. Online ahead of print.
Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June‒November 2020
Martin Hoch, Sebastian Vogel, Laura Kolberg, Elisabeth Dick, Volker Fingerle, Ute Eberle, Nikolaus Ackermann, Andreas Sing, Johannes Huebner, Anita Rack-Hoch, Tilmann Schober, Ulrich von Both
- PMID: 34087088
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2708.204859
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; SARS-CoV-2; childcare; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; kindergartens; nurseries; primary schools; respiratory infections; sentinel; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.