Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among recruits in a US Army training environment: a brief report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2020, preventive measures were implemented to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among 600-700 recruits arriving weekly at a basic combat training (BCT) facility in the southern United States. Trainees were sorted into companies and platoons (cocoons) at arrival, tested, quarantined for 14 days with daily temperature and respiratory-symptom monitoring and retested before release into larger groups for training where symptomatic testing was conducted. Nonpharmaceutical measures, such as masking, and social distancing, were maintained throughout quarantine and BCT. We assessed for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the quarantine milieu.

Methods

Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs were collected at arrival and at the end of quaranti

SUBMITTER: Hakre S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470341 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature