Effect of Returning University Students on COVID-19 Infections in England, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Leeman, David ; Flannagan, Joe ; Chudasama, Dimple ; Dack, Kyle ; Anderson, Charlotte ; Dabrera, Gavin ; Lamagni, Theresa
• Description:
  Each September in England, ≈1 million students relocate to study at universities. To determine COVID-19 cases and outbreaks among university students after their return to university during the COVID pandemic in September 2020, we identified students with COVID-19 (student case-patients) by reviewing contact tracing records identifying attendance at university and residence in student accommodations identified by matching case-patients' residential addresses with national property databases. We determined COVID-19 rates in towns/cities with and without a university campus. We identified 53,430 student case-patients during September 1-December 31, 2020, which accounted for 2.7% of all cases during this period. Student case-patients increased rapidly after the start of the term, driven initially by cases and outbreaks in student accommodations. Case rates among students 18-23 years of age doubled at the start of term in towns with universities. Our findings highlight the need for face-to-face and control measures to reduce virus transmission.
• Subjects:
  Covid-19 Humans Pandemics Sars-Cov-2 Students Universities
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(7):1366-1374
• Pubmed ID:
  35642474
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9239898
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  England
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:47ce097345da8cb6319b58c504ca114f2dce68b9e0ba68a0f991be72e479af52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118915/cdc_118915_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.30 MB ]