Contact and SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among College Football Athletes in the Southeastern Conference During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2135566. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35566.

Abstract

This cohort study of college football players in a single athletic conference examines the association of close contact events among players on opposing teams and subsequent positive SARS-CoV-2 tests.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Athletes / statistics & numerical data
  • COVID-19 Testing / statistics & numerical data
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • COVID-19* / transmission
  • Cohort Studies
  • Contact Tracing* / instrumentation
  • Contact Tracing* / methods
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious* / prevention & control
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious* / statistics & numerical data
  • Football*
  • Humans
  • Infection Control* / methods
  • Infection Control* / organization & administration
  • Risk Management* / methods
  • Risk Management* / trends
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Sports Medicine* / methods
  • Sports Medicine* / trends
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult