Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021

Easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England in the summer of 2021 was followed by a sharp rise in cases among school-aged children. Weekly rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary and secondary school children reached 733.3 and 1,664.7/100,000 population, respectively, by week 39 2021. A surge in hou...

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Autores principales: Chudasama, Dimple Y, Tessier, Elise, Flannagan, Joe, Leeman, David, Webster, Harriet, Demirjian, Alicia, Falconer, Catherine, Thelwall, Simon, Kall, Meaghan, Saliba, Vanessa, Ramsay, Mary, Dabrera, Gavin, Lamagni, Theresa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8641067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34857070
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.48.2101019
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author Chudasama, Dimple Y
Tessier, Elise
Flannagan, Joe
Leeman, David
Webster, Harriet
Demirjian, Alicia
Falconer, Catherine
Thelwall, Simon
Kall, Meaghan
Saliba, Vanessa
Ramsay, Mary
Dabrera, Gavin
Lamagni, Theresa
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Tessier, Elise
Flannagan, Joe
Leeman, David
Webster, Harriet
Demirjian, Alicia
Falconer, Catherine
Thelwall, Simon
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description Easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England in the summer of 2021 was followed by a sharp rise in cases among school-aged children. Weekly rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary and secondary school children reached 733.3 and 1,664.7/100,000 population, respectively, by week 39 2021. A surge in household clusters with school-aged index cases was noted at the start of the school term, with secondary cases predominantly in children aged 5–15 years and adults aged 30–49 years.
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spelling pubmed-86410672021-12-16 Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021 Chudasama, Dimple Y Tessier, Elise Flannagan, Joe Leeman, David Webster, Harriet Demirjian, Alicia Falconer, Catherine Thelwall, Simon Kall, Meaghan Saliba, Vanessa Ramsay, Mary Dabrera, Gavin Lamagni, Theresa Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England in the summer of 2021 was followed by a sharp rise in cases among school-aged children. Weekly rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary and secondary school children reached 733.3 and 1,664.7/100,000 population, respectively, by week 39 2021. A surge in household clusters with school-aged index cases was noted at the start of the school term, with secondary cases predominantly in children aged 5–15 years and adults aged 30–49 years. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8641067/ /pubmed/34857070 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.48.2101019 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Chudasama, Dimple Y
Tessier, Elise
Flannagan, Joe
Leeman, David
Webster, Harriet
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Thelwall, Simon
Kall, Meaghan
Saliba, Vanessa
Ramsay, Mary
Dabrera, Gavin
Lamagni, Theresa
Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title_full Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title_fullStr Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title_full_unstemmed Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title_short Surge in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, England, August to October 2021
title_sort surge in sars-cov-2 transmission in school-aged children and household contacts, england, august to october 2021
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8641067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34857070
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.48.2101019
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