Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study.
PLoS One
; 19(5): e0300397, 2024.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38758922
ABSTRACT
Classroom and staffroom floor swabs across six elementary schools in Ottawa, Canada were tested for SARS-CoV-2. Environmental test positivity did not correlate with student grade groups, school-level absenteeism, pediatric COVID-19-related hospitalizations, or community SARS-CoV-2 wastewater levels. Schools in neighbourhoods with historically elevated COVID-19 burden showed a negative but non-significant association with lower swab positivity.
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Instituições Acadêmicas
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article