e-Article
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study.
Document Type
Case Study
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Subject
*SARS-CoV-2
*LONGITUDINAL method
*BUILT environment
*ELEMENTARY schools
*COVID-19
*NEIGHBORHOODS
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ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
Classroom and staffroom floor swabs across six elementary schools in Ottawa, Canada were tested for SARS-CoV-2. Environmental test positivity did not correlate with student grade groups, school-level absenteeism, pediatric COVID-19-related hospitalizations, or community SARS-CoV-2 wastewater levels. Schools in neighbourhoods with historically elevated COVID-19 burden showed a negative but non-significant association with lower swab positivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]