SARS-CoV-2 Variant Tracking and Mitigation During In-Person Learning at a Midwestern University in the 2020-2021 School Year.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic led many higher education institutions to close campuses during the 2020-2021 academic year. As campuses prepared for a return to in-person education, many institutions were mandating vaccines for students and considering the same for faculty and staff.

Objective

To determine the association between vaccination coverage and the levels and spread of SARS-CoV-2, even in the presence of highly-transmissible variants and congregate living, at a midsized university in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This case series was conducted at a midsized Midwestern university during the spring 2021 semester. The university developed a saliva-based surveillance program capable of high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing an

SUBMITTER: Avendano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8814910 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature