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

Authors :
Sebastian Vogel
Andreas Sing
Ulrich von Both
Anita Rack-Hoch
Johannes Huebner
Elisabeth Dick
Laura Kolberg
Volker Fingerle
Tilmann Schober
Martin Hoch
Ute Eberle
Nikolaus Ackermann
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 8, Pp 2192-2196 (2021), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
27
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....be36283d7abc1deeb1cd94d3fa433410