Absences, Symptoms and Respiratory Viruses in a Swiss School: Longitudinal Study With Serial Saliva Sampling
Class-specific distribution patterns suggest a major contribution of within-class to overall respiratory virus transmission. Respiratory viruses showed certain distinct profiles in relation to school absences and symptoms. This highlights the importance of infection control measures, including vaccination, and virus-specific monitoring to better understand transmission dynamics in schools.
Authors
- Pascal Bittel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-3996)
- Nicolas Banholzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-6120)
- Lavinia Furrer
- Lukas Fenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3309-4835)
- Tina Hascher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-2470)
- Matthias Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-5132)
- Philipp Jent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1838-9208)
- James D Munday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-7134)
- David Kronthaler
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
- Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (ZA)
- Pädagogische Hochschule Bern (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.70143
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of Bern
- Ministerul Cercetării, Inovării şi Digitalizării
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases