A longitudinal study of the impact of university student return to campus on the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the community members.

ABSTRACT: Returning university students represent large-scale, transient demographic shifts and a potential source of transmission to adjacent communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this prospective longitudinal cohort study, we tested for IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in a non-random cohort of residents living in Centre County prior to the Fall 2020 term at the Pennsylvania State University and following the conclusion of the Fall 2020 term. We also report the seroprevalence in a non-random cohort of students collected at the end of the Fall 2020 term. Of 1313 community participants, 42 (3.2%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies at their first visit between 07 August and 02 October 2020. Of 684 student participants who returned to campus for fall instruction, 208 (30.4%) were posi

SUBMITTER: Arnold CRK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124192 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature