COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy

ABSTRACT: Introduction: In the coronavirus disease 2019 era, debate around the risk of contagion in school is intense in Italy. The Department of Welfare and Health of Florence promoted a screening campaign with rapid antigen tests for all students and school personnel. The aim of this study was to...

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Autores principales:	Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Sonia Paoli, Massimiliano Alberto Biamonte, Andrea Moscadelli, Lorenzo Baggiani, Marco Nerattini, Vieri Lastrucci, Patrizio Zanobini, Chiara Lorini
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Swab Molecular test Schools Screening Children Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2e6f7a796d1f44ddbd9c1970fdc0ff742021-11-30T04:14:15ZCOVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy1201-971210.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.027https://doaj.org/article/2e6f7a796d1f44ddbd9c1970fdc0ff742021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221007347https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712ABSTRACT: Introduction: In the coronavirus disease 2019 era, debate around the risk of contagion in school is intense in Italy. The Department of Welfare and Health of Florence promoted a screening campaign with rapid antigen tests for all students and school personnel. The aim of this study was to assess the circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the school setting by means of mass screening in every primary and middle school in Florence. Methods: All students and school personnel at primary and middle schools in Florence were asked to take part. The campaign started on 16 November 2020 and was completed on 12 February 2021. If a subject had a positive result on rapid antigen testing, a molecular test was performed to confirm the result. Results: In total, 18,414 subjects were tested: 15,233 students (82.7%) and 3181 school personnel (17.3%). The rapid antigen test gave a positive result in 27 cases (0.15%). Of these, only 14 tests were confirmed to be positive on molecular testing. These results show a very low number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 among the study subjects (0.08%). Conclusions: These results show that the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the school setting was low in Florence during the screening period.Guglielmo BonaccorsiSonia PaoliMassimiliano Alberto BiamonteAndrea MoscadelliLorenzo BaggianiMarco NerattiniVieri LastrucciPatrizio ZanobiniChiara LoriniElsevierarticleCOVID-19SwabMolecular testSchoolsScreeningChildrenInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 112, Iss , Pp 130-135 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 Swab Molecular test Schools Screening Children Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
spellingShingle	COVID-19 Swab Molecular test Schools Screening Children Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Guglielmo Bonaccorsi Sonia Paoli Massimiliano Alberto Biamonte Andrea Moscadelli Lorenzo Baggiani Marco Nerattini Vieri Lastrucci Patrizio Zanobini Chiara Lorini COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
description	ABSTRACT: Introduction: In the coronavirus disease 2019 era, debate around the risk of contagion in school is intense in Italy. The Department of Welfare and Health of Florence promoted a screening campaign with rapid antigen tests for all students and school personnel. The aim of this study was to assess the circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the school setting by means of mass screening in every primary and middle school in Florence. Methods: All students and school personnel at primary and middle schools in Florence were asked to take part. The campaign started on 16 November 2020 and was completed on 12 February 2021. If a subject had a positive result on rapid antigen testing, a molecular test was performed to confirm the result. Results: In total, 18,414 subjects were tested: 15,233 students (82.7%) and 3181 school personnel (17.3%). The rapid antigen test gave a positive result in 27 cases (0.15%). Of these, only 14 tests were confirmed to be positive on molecular testing. These results show a very low number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 among the study subjects (0.08%). Conclusions: These results show that the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the school setting was low in Florence during the screening period.
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author	Guglielmo Bonaccorsi Sonia Paoli Massimiliano Alberto Biamonte Andrea Moscadelli Lorenzo Baggiani Marco Nerattini Vieri Lastrucci Patrizio Zanobini Chiara Lorini
author_facet	Guglielmo Bonaccorsi Sonia Paoli Massimiliano Alberto Biamonte Andrea Moscadelli Lorenzo Baggiani Marco Nerattini Vieri Lastrucci Patrizio Zanobini Chiara Lorini
author_sort	Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
title	COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
title_short	COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
title_full	COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
title_fullStr	COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
title_full_unstemmed	COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy
title_sort	covid-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in florence, italy
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2e6f7a796d1f44ddbd9c1970fdc0ff74
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COVID-19 and schools: what is the risk of contagion? Results of a rapid-antigen-test-based screening campaign in Florence, Italy

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