SARS-CoV-2 trends in Italy, Germany and Portugal and school opening during the period of Omicron variant dominance: A quasi experimental study in the EuCARE project.

Difference-in-differences Interrupted time series Reproduction number SARS-CoV-2 Schools

Journal

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 31 08 2023
revised: 19 10 2023
accepted: 01 11 2023
pubmed: 14 11 2023
medline: 14 11 2023
entrez: 13 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

We investigated the impact of school reopening on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Italy, Germany, and Portugal in autumn 2022 when the Omicron variant was prevalent. A prospective international study was conducted using the case reproduction number (R In Italy and Germany, post-reopening R We found no evidence of a causal relationship between school reopenings in autumn 2022 and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37956899
pii: S1201-9712(23)00763-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.11.002
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

63-72

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Auteurs

Federica Bellerba (F)

Department of Experimental Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Nils Bardeck (N)

Institute of Virology, University Clinics of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Michael Boehm (M)

Institute of Virology, University Clinics of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Oriana D'Ecclesiis (O)

Department of Experimental Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Sara Raimondi (S)

Department of Experimental Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Elisa Tomezzoli (E)

Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Mafalda Silva Miranda (MS)

Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon (IHMT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal.

Inês Martins Alves (IM)

Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon (IHMT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal.

Daniela Alves (D)

Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon (IHMT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal.

Ana Abecasis (A)

Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon (IHMT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal.

Valeria Gabellone (V)

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

Elisa Gabrielli (E)

Specialisation School in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Giulia Vaglio (G)

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

Elham Shamsara (E)

Department of Computer Science, Methods in Medical Informatics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

Nico Pfeifer (N)

Department of Computer Science, Methods in Medical Informatics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

Chiara Mommo (C)

EuResist Network GEIE, Rome, Italy.

Francesca Incardona (F)

EuResist Network GEIE, Rome, Italy; R&D, InformaPRO S.R.L., Rome, Italy.

Rolf Kaiser (R)

Institute of Virology, University Clinics of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Sara Gandini (S)

Department of Experimental Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: sara.gandini@ieo.it.

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