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To assess the incidence and within-school secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across public school districts implementing public health mitigation measures during in-person instruction.

January 8, 2021PEDIATRICSOpen Access

Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools

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KZKanecia O. ZimmermanClinical Research Institute IAIbukunoluwa AkinboyoUniversity of Richmond MBM. Alan BrookhartDuke University

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Observational study reveals minimal secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in open schools, suggesting robust mitigation measures prevent widespread classroom spread.

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To assess the incidence and within-school secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across public school districts implementing public health mitigation measures during in-person instruction.
Monitored SARS-CoV-2 incidence across 11 school districts open for all 9 weeks of the first quarter of the 2020–2021 academic year (August 15 to October 23, 2020).
Surveilled >90 000 in-person students and staff, using molecular diagnostic testing and local public health department contact tracing to adjudicate within-school secondary transmission.
A total of 773 community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections were documented by molecular testing among >90 000 students and staff attending school in person.
Contact tracing identified only 32 secondary transmissions acquired within schools, with zero documented cases of child-to-adult transmission.

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Zimmerman et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dd9fd482b22b9a6ac88a4 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-048090

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Observational study reveals minimal secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in open schools, suggesting robust mitigation measures prevent widespread classroom spread.

Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools

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