Gruendl, Magdalena and Kheiroddin, Parastoo and Althammer, Michael and Schoeberl, Patricia and Rohrmanstorfer, Rene and Wallerstorfer, Daniel and Ambrosch, Andreas and Kabesch, Michael (2023) Analysis of COVID-19 Infection Chains in a School Setting: Data From a School-Based rRT-PCR-Gargle Pool Test System. DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS, 17: e312. ISSN 1935-7893, 1938-744X
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Background:School testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was implemented in some countries to monitor and prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmissions. Here, we analyze infection chains in primary schools and household members of infected students based on systematic real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction (rRT-PCR)-gargle pool testing. Methods:Students and school staff (N = 4300) of all 38 primary schools in the rural county of Cham, Germany, were tested twice per week with a gargle pool rRT-PCR system from April to July of 2021. Infection chains of all 8 positive cases identified by school testing were followed up. Results:In total, 8 positive cases were found by gargle pool PCR testing based on 96,764 school tests. While no transmissions occurred in the school setting, 20 of 27 household members of the 8 cases tested positive. The overall attack rate was 74.1% in families. Conclusions:No school outbreaks occurred during the study period. All cases but 1 were initially picked up by school testing. No transmission from school to families was observed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; school-testing; pool-PCR; gargle; children; rural; urban; implementation; evaluation; transmission |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2024 07:40 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2024 07:40 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/59168 |
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