School-Based Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens on “High-Touch” Surfaces

In order to assess the presence of respiratory pathogens on “high-touch” surfaces and inform sanitation practices at schools, pre-selected surfaces in elementary schools in Seattle, WA, USA were sampled weekly and tested by RT-PCR for 25 viral respiratory pathogens (including SARS-CoV-2 retrospectiv...

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Autores principales: Murray, Alastair F., Emanuels, Anne, Wolf, Caitlin, Franko, Nicholas, Starita, Lea, Englund, Janet A., Chu, Helen Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34239849
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.686386
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description In order to assess the presence of respiratory pathogens on “high-touch” surfaces and inform sanitation practices at schools, pre-selected surfaces in elementary schools in Seattle, WA, USA were sampled weekly and tested by RT-PCR for 25 viral respiratory pathogens (including SARS-CoV-2 retrospectively) and S. pneumoniae during 2019–2020 winter respiratory illness season. Viral pathogens (rhinovirus, adenovirus, influenza) known to cause respiratory illness were detected on commonly touched surfaces, especially wooden surfaces, and matched the patterns of circulating virus in the community.
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spelling pubmed-82579532021-07-07 School-Based Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens on “High-Touch” Surfaces Murray, Alastair F. Emanuels, Anne Wolf, Caitlin Franko, Nicholas Starita, Lea Englund, Janet A. Chu, Helen Y. Front Pediatr Pediatrics In order to assess the presence of respiratory pathogens on “high-touch” surfaces and inform sanitation practices at schools, pre-selected surfaces in elementary schools in Seattle, WA, USA were sampled weekly and tested by RT-PCR for 25 viral respiratory pathogens (including SARS-CoV-2 retrospectively) and S. pneumoniae during 2019–2020 winter respiratory illness season. Viral pathogens (rhinovirus, adenovirus, influenza) known to cause respiratory illness were detected on commonly touched surfaces, especially wooden surfaces, and matched the patterns of circulating virus in the community. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8257953/ /pubmed/34239849 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.686386 Text en Copyright © 2021 Murray, Emanuels, Wolf, Franko, Starita, Englund and Chu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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