SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and outbreak response on an urban American college campus.
In: Journal of American College Health, Jg. 72 (2024), Heft 1, S. 319-327
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The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, D.C., USA established the Public Health Laboratory and Campus COVID-19 Support Team (CCST) to develop and implement its SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing and outbreak response for the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 4,000 GW members had access to campus for living accommodations, limited in-person instruction, athletics, research, and university operations. The outbreak response included daily risk assessment surveys, weekly surveillance testing, symptomatic and voluntary testing, case investigation, and contact tracing. Between August 17 – November 24, 2020, 42,350 SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests were performed, and 194 (0.46%) of tests were positive. Surveillance testing identified 59 (30.4%); voluntary testing 97 (50%); and symptomatic testing 30 (15.5%) of the cases, respectively. Robust testing of asymptomatic people and rapid isolation and quarantine of members who are exposed or infected effectively limited the spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the Fall 2020 semester. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and outbreak response on an urban American college campus.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Towers, Steven A. ; Gemechu, Nigussie B. ; Nagaraj, Nitasha C. ; Landry, Megan M. ; Beane, Patrick ; Sardon Jr., Gary A. ; Weiss, Emily C. ; Liu, Cindy M. ; Park, Daniel E. ; Aziz, Maliha ; Goldman, Lynn R. ; Vyas, Amita N. ; McDonnell, Karen A. ; Castel, Amanda D. |
Zeitschrift: | Journal of American College Health, Jg. 72 (2024), Heft 1, S. 319-327 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0744-8481 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2022.2034834 |
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