Cited by 233COVID-19 epidemiological studiesEducation during COVID-19 pandemicSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Household COVID-19 risk and in-person schooling

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Lessler, Justin, Grabowski, M. Kate, Grantz, Kyra H., Badillo-Goicoechea, Elena, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Lupton-Smith, Carly, Azman, Andrew S., Stuart, Elizabeth A.·2021·Science

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Back to school—safely: Severe COVID-19 in children is rare, but many schools remain closed because the transmission risk that school contact poses to adults and the wider community is unknown. Observing the heterogeneity of approaches taken among U.S. school districts, Lessler et al. investigated how different strategies influence COVID-19 transmission rates in the wider community using COVID-19 Symptom Survey data from Carnegie Mellon and Facebook. The authors found that when mitigation measures are in place, transmission within schools is limited and infection rates mirror that of the surrounding community. Science , abh2939, this issue p. 1092

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Lessler, J., Grabowski, M. K., Grantz, K. H., Badillo-Goicoechea, E., Metcalf, C. J. E., Lupton-Smith, C., Azman, A. S., & Stuart, E. A.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • University of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Lessler, Justin
Venue
Science
Published
2021-06-04
Volume
372
Issue
6546
Pages
1092-1097
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3157264684
Cited by
233
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 73
FWCI
19.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Johns Hopkins University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, in-person schooling, household transmission, symptom screening, extracurricular activities, teachers, occupational risk, SARS-CoV-2
MeSH terms
School Teachers, Physical Distancing, COVID-19, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Communicable Disease Control, Family Characteristics, Humans, Masks, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Students, United States, Risk Assessment

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