Feasibility of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Testing Among Children and Childcare Workers at German Day Care Centers: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Closure of day care centers has been implemented globally to contain the COVID-19 pandemic but has negative effects on children's health and psychosocial well-being.

Objective

To investigate the feasibility of surveillance among children and childcare workers and to model the efficacy of surveillance on viral spread prevention.

Design, setting, and participants

This nonrandomized controlled trial was conducted at 9 day care centers in Wuerzburg, Germany, from October 2020 to March 2021. Participants included children attending day care, childcare workers, and household members. Participating day care centers were assigned to different surveillance modules in a nonrandomized feasibility study. A mathematical model for SARS-CoV-2 spread in day care centers wa

SUBMITTER: Forster J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8728621 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature