Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong

A large number of common cold outbreaks in Hong Kong schools and childcare centers during October–November 2020 led to territorywide school dismissals. Increased susceptibility to rhinoviruses during prolonged school closures and dismissals for coronavirus disease and varying effectiveness of nonpha...

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Autores principales: Fong, Min Whui, Leung, Nancy H.L., Cowling, Benjamin J., Wu, Peng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33596168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210277
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description A large number of common cold outbreaks in Hong Kong schools and childcare centers during October–November 2020 led to territorywide school dismissals. Increased susceptibility to rhinoviruses during prolonged school closures and dismissals for coronavirus disease and varying effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions may have heightened transmission of cold-causing viruses after school attendance resumed.
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spelling pubmed-80845062021-05-11 Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong Fong, Min Whui Leung, Nancy H.L. Cowling, Benjamin J. Wu, Peng Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter A large number of common cold outbreaks in Hong Kong schools and childcare centers during October–November 2020 led to territorywide school dismissals. Increased susceptibility to rhinoviruses during prolonged school closures and dismissals for coronavirus disease and varying effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions may have heightened transmission of cold-causing viruses after school attendance resumed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8084506/ /pubmed/33596168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210277 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
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title_full Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
title_fullStr Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
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title_short Upper Respiratory Infections in Schools and Childcare Centers Reopening after COVID-19 Dismissals, Hong Kong
title_sort upper respiratory infections in schools and childcare centers reopening after covid-19 dismissals, hong kong
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33596168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210277
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