SARS-CoV-2 Positivity on or After 9 Days Among Quarantined Student Contacts of Confirmed Cases

Eric J Nelson; Sarah L McKune; Kathleen A Ryan; John A Lednicky; Susanne R Crowe; Paul D Myers; J Glenn Morris Jr

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.2392

SARS-CoV-2 Positivity on or After 9 Days Among Quarantined Student Contacts of Confirmed Cases

JAMA. 2021 Apr 20;325(15):1561-1562. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.2392.

Authors

Eric J Nelson¹, Sarah L McKune², Kathleen A Ryan¹, John A Lednicky², Susanne R Crowe³, Paul D Myers⁴, J Glenn Morris Jr⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
² Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions, Gainesville.
³ Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
⁴ Florida Department of Health, Gainesville.
⁵ Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Abstract

This study describes coronavirus test positivity rates among elementary, middle, and high school student contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases in a Florida county where schools required a negative test on day 9 before return to school on day 10.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / transmission*
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
Child
Contact Tracing
Female
Florida / epidemiology
Humans
Infectious Disease Incubation Period
Male
Quarantine*
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Students*