Prevalence of RT-qPCR-detected SARS-CoV-2 infection at schools: First results from the Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Peter Willeit (Author), Robert Krause (Author), Bernd Lamprecht (Author), Andrea Berghold (Author), Buck Hanson (Author), Evelyn Stelzl (Author), Heribert Stoiber (Author), Johannes Zuber (Author), Robert Heinen (Author), Alwin Köhler (Author), David Bernhard (Author), Wegene Borena (Author), Christian Doppler (Author), Dorothee von Laer (Author), Hannes Schmidt (Author), Johannes Pröll (Author), Ivo Steinmetz (Author), Michael Wagner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The role of schools in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is much debated. We aimed to quantify reliably the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections at schools detected with reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-qPCR). Methods: This nationwide prospective cohort study monitor...