Prevalence of RT-qPCR-detected SARS-CoV-2 infection at schools: First results from the Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 prospective cohort study

P Willeit, R Krause, B Lamprecht… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The role of schools in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is much debated. We aimed
to quantify reliably the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections at schools detected with …

Pooled RT-qPCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in schools-a cluster randomised trial

A Joachim, F Dewald, I Suarez, M Zemlin, I Lang… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The extent to which children and adolescents contribute to SARS-CoV-2
transmission remains not fully understood. Novel high-capacity testing methods may provide …

Variation in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence across districts, schools and classes: baseline measurements from a cohort of primary and secondary school children in …

A Ulyte, T Radtke, IA Abela, SR Haile… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To determine the variation in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in school children
and the relationship with self-reported symptoms. Design Baseline measurements of a …

Surveillance of acute SARS-CoV-2 infections in school children and point-prevalence during a time of high community transmission in Switzerland

S Kriemler, A Ulyte, P Ammann, GP Peralta… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Switzerland had one of the highest incidence of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in Europe during the second wave …

Effective high-throughput RT-qPCR screening for SARS-CoV-2 infections in children

F Dewald, I Suárez, R Johnen, J Grossbach… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Systematic SARS-CoV-2 testing is a valuable tool for infection control and surveillance.
However, broad application of high sensitive RT-qPCR testing in children is often hampered …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in students and teachers: a longitudinal study from May to October 2020 in German secondary schools

C Kirsten, M Unrath, C Lück, AH Dalpke, R Berner… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To quantify the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in secondary schools after their
reopening in May 2020. Design Repeated SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study after the …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools in a northern French city: a retrospective serological cohort study in an area of high transmission, France, January to April 2020

A Fontanet, L Tondeur, R Grant, S Temmam… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Children's role in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology remains unclear. We investigated
an initially unnoticed SARS-CoV-2 outbreak linked to schools in northern France, beginning …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary schools in northern France: A retrospective cohort study in an area of high transmission

A Fontanet, R Grant, L Tondeur, Y Madec, L Grzelak… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background The extent of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among pupils in primary schools and
their families is unknown. Methods Between 28-30 April 2020, a retrospective cohort study …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in primary schools in England in June–December, 2020 (sKIDs): an active, prospective surveillance study

SN Ladhani, F Baawuah, J Beckmann… - The Lancet Child & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Little is known about the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in
educational settings. Public Health England initiated a study, COVID-19 Surveillance in …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in school settings during the second COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study, Berlin, Germany, November 2020

S Theuring, M Thielecke, W van Loon… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
Background School attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic is intensely debated. Aim In
November 2020, we assessed SARS-CoV-2 infections and seroreactivity in 24 randomly …