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

Hoch, Martin; Vogel, Sebastian; Kolberg, Laura; Dick, Elisabeth; Fingerle, Volker; Eberle, Ute; Ackermann, Nikolaus; Sing, Andreas; Hübner, Johannes; Rack-Hoch, Anita; Schober, Tilmann und von Both, Ulrich (2021): Weekly SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance in Primary Schools, Kindergartens, and Nurseries, Germany, June-November 2020. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bd. 27, Nr. 8: S. 2192-2196

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.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1080-6040
• Sprache: Englisch