Prioritizing interventions for preventing COVID-19 outbreaks in military basic training.

ABSTRACT: Like other congregate living settings, military basic training has been subject to outbreaks of COVID-19. We sought to identify improved strategies for preventing outbreaks in this setting using an agent-based model of a hypothetical cohort of trainees on a U.S. Army post. Our analysis revealed unique aspects of basic training that require customized approaches to outbreak prevention, which draws attention to the possibility that customized approaches may be necessary in other settings, too. In particular, we showed that introductions by trainers and support staff may be a major vulnerability, given that those individuals remain at risk of community exposure throughout the training period. We also found that increased testing of trainees upon arrival could actually increase the risk of out

SUBMITTER: Espana G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9581358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature