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

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

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 real-time epidemiological data in educational settings helping to establish a rational approach to prevent and minimize SARS-Co...

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Main Authors: Alexander Joachim, Felix Dewald, Isabelle Suárez, Michael Zemlin, Isabelle Lang, Regine Stutz, Anna Marthaler, Hans Martin Bosse, Nadine Lübke, Juliane Münch, Marie-Annett Bernard, Kathrin Jeltsch, Burkhard Tönshoff, Niklas Weidner, Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Lena Birzele, Johannes Hübner, Patricia Schmied, Melanie Meyer-Bühn, Gibran Horemheb-Rubio, Oliver A. Cornely, Heinz Haverkamp, Gerhard Wiesmüller, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Barbara Hero, Rolf Kaiser, Jörg Dötsch, Jan Rybniker, Zülfü C. Cosgun, Christoph Hünseler, Jana Schönenkorb, Juliane Wurm, Florian Klein, Eva Heger, Elena Knops, Saleta Sierra-Aragón, Alina Chloé Kretschmer, Rosanne Sprute, Annelene Kossow, Martin Hellmich, Kija Shah-Hosseini, Michael Weiss, Sybelle Goedicke-Fritz, Elisabeth Kaiser, Sascha Meyer, Nastasja Seiwert, Sigrun Smola, Thorsten Pfuhl, Stefan Lohse, Anna-Kathrin Schupp, Jörg Timm, Nehle Gröne, Hellen Lesmann, Renate Bredahl, Lukas Schneble, Martin Turinsky, Christian Patry, Georg F Hoffmann, Barbara Müller, Kathleen Börner, Paul Schnitzler, Anke-Mareil Heuser, Andreas Welker, Ulrich von Both, Anna Kern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2
School
Pooled testing
Surveillance
RT-qPCR
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702100362X

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