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March 29, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Acquisition and Immune Pathogenesis Among School-Aged Learners in Four K-12 Schools

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  • [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in four schools (A-D) with either remote or onsite learning determined that infections in schools reflected regional infection rates rather than learning modality type (remote vs. onsite). School A (mostly low-income Hispanic students, remote instruction) had the highest frequency of infection (9/70, 12.9%) and IgG positivity (13/70, 18.6%), while School D (middle and upper-middle income, white students, with predominantly onsite instruction) had the lowest frequency of infection and IgG positivity (1/86, 1.2%). Compliance with mitigation measures (physical distancing, 87.4%; wearing face coverings, 91.3%) was high at all schools.

Cooper et al. (Mar 26, 2021). SARS-CoV-2 Acquisition and Immune Pathogenesis Among School-Aged Learners in Four K-12 Schools. Pre-print downloaded Mar 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.20.21254035