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

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

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 appea...

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Main Authors: Martin Hoch, Sebastian Vogel, Laura Kolberg, Elisabeth Dick, Volker Fingerle, Ute Eberle, Nikolaus Ackermann, Andreas Sing, Johannes Huebner, Anita Rack-Hoch, Tilmann Schober, Ulrich von Both
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SARS-CoV-2
coronaviruses
viruses
coronavirus disease
COVID-19
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/8/20-4859_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/8/20-4859_article

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