SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany- A cross-sectional study

Marlene Thielecke; Stefanie Theuring; Welmoed Van Loon; Franziska Hommes; Marcus A. Mall; Alexander Rosen; Falko Böhringer; Christof Von Kalle; Valerie Kirchberger; Tobias Kurth; Joachim Seybold; Frank P. Mockenhaupt; Tanja Chylla; Elisabeth Linzbach; Annkathrin Von Der Haar; Jennifer Körner; Maximilian Gertler; Julian Bernhard; Heike Rössig; Marco Kurzmann; Frederike Peters; Christoph Wiesmann; Johanna Horn; Julia Steger; Norma Bethke; Tobias Schmidergall; Frederik Holz; Antje Van Den Berg; Maria Luz Penã-Groth

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckab079

SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany- A cross-sectional study

Marlene Thielecke, Stefanie Theuring^*, Welmoed Van Loon, Franziska Hommes, Marcus A. Mall, Alexander Rosen, Falko Böhringer, Christof Von Kalle, Valerie Kirchberger, Tobias Kurth, Joachim Seybold, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Tanja Chylla, Elisabeth Linzbach, Annkathrin Von Der Haar, Jennifer Körner, Maximilian Gertler, Julian Bernhard, Heike Rössig, Marco KurzmannFrederike Peters, Christoph Wiesmann, Johanna Horn, Julia Steger, Norma Bethke, Tobias Schmidergall, Frederik Holz, Antje Van Den Berg, Maria Luz Penã-Groth

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Actual surveys in kindergartens on SARS-CoV-2 infections are rare. At the beginning of the second pandemic wave, we screened 12 randomly selected kindergartens in Berlin, Germany. A total of 720 participants (pre-school children, staff and connected household members) were briefly examined and interviewed, and SARS-CoV-2 infections and anti-SARS-Cov-2 IgG antibodies were assessed. About a quarter of the participants showed common cold-resembling symptoms. However, no SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected, and only one childcare worker showed IgG seroreactivity. Against a backdrop of increased pandemic activity in the community, this cross-sectional study does not suggest that kindergartens are silent transmission reservoirs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1105-1107
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab079
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2021
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Thielecke, M., Theuring, S., Van Loon, W., Hommes, F., Mall, M. A., Rosen, A., Böhringer, F., Von Kalle, C., Kirchberger, V., Kurth, T., Seybold, J., Mockenhaupt, F. P., Chylla, T., Linzbach, E., Von Der Haar, A., Körner, J., Gertler, M., Bernhard, J., Rössig, H., ... Penã-Groth, M. L. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany- A cross-sectional study. European Journal of Public Health, 31(5), 1105-1107. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab079

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SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany- A cross-sectional study. / Thielecke, Marlene; Theuring, Stefanie; Van Loon, Welmoed et al.
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