• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany—a cross-sectional study
  • Beteiligte: Thielecke, Marlene; Theuring, Stefanie; van Loon, Welmoed; Hommes, Franziska; Mall, Marcus A; Rosen, Alexander; Böhringer, Falko; von Kalle, Christof; Kirchberger, Valerie; Kurth, Tobias; Seybold, Joachim; Mockenhaupt, Frank P; Chylla, Tanja; Linzbach, Elisabeth; von der Haar, Annkathrin; Körner, Jennifer; Gertler, Maximilian; Bernhard, Julian; Rössig, Heike; Kurzmann, Marco; Peters, Frederike; Wiesmann, Christoph; Horn, Johanna; Steger, Julia; [...]
  • Erschienen: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021
  • Erschienen in: European Journal of Public Health
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab079
  • ISSN: 1101-1262; 1464-360X
  • Schlagwörter: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Actual surveys in kindergartens on SARS-CoV-2 infections are rare. At the beginning of the second pandemic wave, we screened 12 randomly selected kindergartens in Berlin, Germany. A total of 720 participants (pre-school children, staff and connected household members) were briefly examined and interviewed, and SARS-CoV-2 infections and anti-SARS-Cov-2 IgG antibodies were assessed. About a quarter of the participants showed common cold-resembling symptoms. However, no SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected, and only one childcare worker showed IgG seroreactivity. Against a backdrop of increased pandemic activity in the community, this cross-sectional study does not suggest that kindergartens are silent transmission reservoirs.</jats:p>
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