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May 28, 2021
Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes With Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Clinical or subclinical myocarditis associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected in 2.3% of US college athletes with COVID-19 undergoing comprehensive cardiovascular testing from March to December 2020 (n=1597). Only 5 athletes (0.31%) would have been detected based on cardiac symptoms alone, while cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for all athletes yielded a 7.4-fold increase in detection…
April 22, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk Among National Basketball Association Players, Staff, and Vendors Exposed to Individuals With Positive Test Results After COVID-19 Recovery During the 2020 Regular and Postseason
Within a cohort of National Basketball Association (NBA) players, staff, and vendors (n=3,648) who maintained a closed environment in Florida from June to October 2020, 36 individuals (1%) had persistently positive PCR results after recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection. There were no transmission events associated with these persistently positive individuals, who were monitored for an average…
March 18, 2021
Notes from the Field: SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Football Team Members — Florida, September–October 2020
In an outbreak investigation by the Florida Department of Health, an index case of COVID-19 in a high school football player was linked to an additional 18 confirmed cases (12 players, 2 coaches, and 2 non-player classroom contacts). Because of potential close contact between infected team members and classmates, 267 students at the football team’s…
March 8, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Intercollegiate Athletics Not Fully Mitigated with Daily Antigen Testing
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Two SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks occurred among US university athletic programs during the fall 2020 despite mandatory directly observed daily antigen testing, suggesting that antigen testing alone may not be sufficient to prevent outbreaks in congregate settings. In the first outbreak, 32 confirmed cases occurred within an athletics program after the index patient attended…
March 4, 2021
COVID-19 in Youth Soccer During Summer 2020. Journal of Athletic Training
US youth soccer clubs reported a relatively low incidence of COVID-19 among their players in a retrospective cohort study of 119 US youth soccer clubs representing 91,007 players with a median duration of 73 days since restarting group activities. Soccer players reported a 49% lower incidence than children nationally over the same time period (254…
Prevalence of Inflammatory Heart Disease Among Professional Athletes With Prior COVID-19 Infection Who Received Systematic Return-to-Play Cardiac Screening
Cardiac screening among professional athletes recovering from mild COVID-19 or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (n=789) identified 5 athletes (0.6%) with imaging evidence of inflammatory heart disease that resulted in restriction from play. Screening occurred a median of 19 days after a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test, though 202 (26%) athletes were diagnosed by antibody testing alone. 460…
February 22, 2021
Reported COVID-19 Incidence in Wisconsin High School Athletes During Fall 2020
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study of COVID-19 in high school athletes in Wisconsin in September 2020 showed that 207 schools that reinitiated sports reported 270 COVID-19 cases among 30,074 players, for case and incidence rates of 809 cases per 100,000 players and 32.6 cases per 100,000 player-days, respectively. 115 (55%) cases were attributed to household…
February 8, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk from Sports Equipment (STRIKE)
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study investigating the potential of shared sporting equipment transmission vectors of SARS-CoV-2 during the reintroduction of sports found that it was unlikely that equipment is a major route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Ten different types of equipment were inoculated with 40μl droplets containing clinically relevant high and low concentrations of live SARS-CoV-2…
February 1, 2021
New Guidelines for Children Returning to Sports after Covid-19
The American Academy of Pediatrics updated guidelines December 17, 2020 for children returning to athletic activities, including recommendations for cloth face mask use during all indoor sports, except for swimming and diving, cheerleading, gymnastics, and wrestling. Cloth masks are also recommended for people on the sidelines, in locker rooms, and in training sessions. The guidelines…
January 26, 2021
Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and Contact Tracing in the National Football League, August 9–November 21, 2020
Investigation of a cluster of 41 SARS-CoV-2 infections that occurred within the National Football League in late September 2020 identified at least 7 cases of infection where transmission likely occurred during <15 minutes of cumulative interaction within 6 feet of an infected individual, as confirmed by wearable tracking devices. Interviews revealed that some of these…
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