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Editor, Senior Moderator
PLoS One
. 2024 May 17;19(5):e0300397.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300397. eCollection 2024. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study
Nisha Thampi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tasha Burhunduli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jamie Strain[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ashley Raudanskis[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jason A Moggridge[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Aaron Hinz[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Evgueni Doukhanine[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Lucas Castellani[SUP] 7 8 [/SUP], Rees Kassen[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Janine McCready[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Caroline Nott[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP], Alex Wong[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Michael Fralick[SUP] 3 13 [/SUP], Derek R MacFadden[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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.
. 2024 May 17;19(5):e0300397.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300397. eCollection 2024. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study
Nisha Thampi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tasha Burhunduli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jamie Strain[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ashley Raudanskis[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jason A Moggridge[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Aaron Hinz[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Evgueni Doukhanine[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Lucas Castellani[SUP] 7 8 [/SUP], Rees Kassen[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Janine McCready[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Caroline Nott[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP], Alex Wong[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Michael Fralick[SUP] 3 13 [/SUP], Derek R MacFadden[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38758922
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300397
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.