| Autor: |
Francis Hassard, Gianluca Baio, Andrew C. Singer, Shadi Rahimzadeh, Azeem Majeed, Jan Hofman, Dirk Wildeboer, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Beata Burczynska, Rachel Kwiatkowska, Jasmine M. S. Grimsley, Hemda Garelick, Sally J. Priest, Isobel C. Stanton, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Victor Castro Gutierrez, Milan Vu, Rodrigo Leitao, Lian Lundy |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Popis: |
Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater based epidemiology approach has been used to monitor 16 schools (10 primary, 5 secondary and 1 post-16 and further education for a total of 17 sites) in England. A total of 296 samples over 9 weeks have been analysed for N1 and E genes using qPCR methods. Of the samples returned, 47.3% were positive for one or both genes with a frequency of detection in line with the respective community. WBE offers a promising low cost, non-invasive approach for supplementing clinical testing and can offer longitudinal insights that are impractical with traditional clinical testing. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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