School opening associated with lower test-adjusted COVID-19 case rates in children
School reopening in the USA in the 2021-22 academic year was accompanied by an increase in SARS-CoV-2 testing in children and a brief rise in pediatric cases. When testing rates are accounted for, school reopening was associated with a decrease in COVID-19 cases among children relative to adults. A lower threshold for testing in the school setting may be an important confounder in studies of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
Authors
- Tracy Beth Høeg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2341-6573)
- Ambarish Chandra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2827-9755)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Scarborough Health Network (CA)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf113
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00