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Gruendl, Magdalena ; Kheiroddin, Parastoo ; Althammer, Michael ; Schöberl, Patricia ; Rohrmanstorfer, René ; Wallerstorfer, Daniel ; Ambrosch, Andreas ; Kabesch, Michael

Analysis of COVID-19 Infection Chains in a School Setting: Data From a School-Based rRT-PCR–Gargle Pool Test System

Gruendl, Magdalena , Kheiroddin, Parastoo, Althammer, Michael, Schöberl, Patricia, Rohrmanstorfer, René, Wallerstorfer, Daniel, Ambrosch, Andreas und 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.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 25 Sep 2023 09:18
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.54721


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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 ...

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.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Verlag:CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Ort der Veröffentlichung:NEW YORK
Band:17
Seitenbereich:e312
Datum15 Februar 2023
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
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WertTyp
10.1017/dmp.2022.279DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsCOVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; school-testing; pool-PCR; gargle; children; rural; urban; implementation; evaluation; transmission
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-547213
Dokumenten-ID54721

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