Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a large public university

  • Diana Rose E. Ranoa,
  • Robin L. Holland,
  • Fadi G. Alnaji,
  • Kelsie J. Green,
  • Leyi Wang,
  • Richard L. Fredrickson,
  • Tong Wang,
  • George N. Wong,
  • Johnny Uelmen,
  • Sergei Maslov,
  • Zachary J. Weiner,
  • Alexei V. Tkachenko,
  • Hantao Zhang,
  • Zhiru Liu,
  • Ahmed Ibrahim,
  • Sanjay J. Patel,
  • John M. Paul,
  • Nickolas P. Vance,
  • Joseph G. Gulick,
  • Sandeep Puthanveetil Satheesan,
  • Isaac J. Galvan,
  • Andrew Miller,
  • Joseph Grohens,
  • Todd J. Nelson,
  • Mary P. Stevens,
  • P Mark Hennessy,
  • Robert C. Parker,
  • Edward Santos,
  • Charles Brackett,
  • Julie D. Steinman,
  • Melvin R. Fenner,
  • Kirstin Dohrer,
  • Michael DeLorenzo,
  • Laura Wilhelm-Barr,
  • Brian R. Brauer,
  • Catherine Best-Popescu,
  • Gary Durack,
  • Nathan Wetter,
  • David M. Kranz,
  • Jessica Breitbarth,
  • Charlie Simpson,
  • Julie A. Pryde,
  • Robin N. Kaler,
  • Chris Harris,
  • Allison C. Vance,
  • Jodi L. Silotto,
  • Mark Johnson,
  • Enrique Andres Valera,
  • Patricia K. Anton,
  • Lowa Mwilambwe,
  • Stephen P. Bryan,
  • Deborah S. Stone,
  • Danita B. Young,
  • Wanda E. Ward,
  • John Lantz,
  • John A. Vozenilek,
  • Rashid Bashir,
  • Jeffrey S. Moore,
  • Mayank Garg,
  • Julian C. Cooper,
  • Gillian Snyder,
  • Michelle H. Lore,
  • Dustin L. Yocum,
  • Neal J. Cohen,
  • Jan E. Novakofski,
  • Melanie J. Loots,
  • Randy L. Ballard,
  • Mark Band,
  • Kayla M. Banks,
  • Joseph D. Barnes,
  • Iuliana Bentea,
  • Jessica Black,
  • Jeremy Busch,
  • Abigail Conte,
  • Madison Conte,
  • Michael Curry,
  • Jennifer Eardley,
  • April Edwards,
  • Therese Eggett,
  • Judes Fleurimont,
  • Delaney Foster,
  • Bruce W. Fouke,
  • Nicholas Gallagher,
  • Nicole Gastala,
  • Scott A. Genung,
  • Declan Glueck,
  • Brittani Gray,
  • Andrew Greta,
  • Robert M. Healy,
  • Ashley Hetrick,
  • Arianna A. Holterman,
  • Nahed Ismail,
  • Ian Jasenof,
  • Patrick Kelly,
  • Aaron Kielbasa,
  • Teresa Kiesel,
  • Lorenzo M. Kindle,
  • Rhonda L. Lipking,
  • Yukari C. Manabe,
  • Jade ́ Mayes,
  • Reubin McGuffin,
  • Kenton G. McHenry,
  • Agha Mirza,
  • Jada Moseley,
  • Heba H. Mostafa,
  • Melody Mumford,
  • Kathleen Munoz,
  • Arika D. Murray,
  • Moira Nolan,
  • Nil A. Parikh,
  • Andrew Pekosz,
  • Janna Pflugmacher,
  • Janise M. Phillips,
  • Collin Pitts,
  • Mark C. Potter,
  • James Quisenberry,
  • Janelle Rear,
  • Matthew L. Robinson,
  • Edith Rosillo,
  • Leslie N. Rye,
  • MaryEllen Sherwood,
  • Anna Simon,
  • Jamie M. Singson,
  • Carly Skadden,
  • Tina H. Skelton,
  • Charlie Smith,
  • Mary Stech,
  • Ryan Thomas,
  • Matthew A. Tomaszewski,
  • Erika A. Tyburski,
  • Scott Vanwingerden,
  • Evette Vlach,
  • Ronald S. Watkins,
  • Karriem Watson,
  • Karen C. White,
  • Timothy L. Killeen,
  • Robert J. Jones,
  • Andreas C. Cangellaris,
  • Susan A. Martinis,
  • Awais Vaid,
  • Christopher B. Brooke,
  • Joseph T. Walsh,
  • Ahmed Elbanna,
  • William C. Sullivan,
  • Rebecca L. Smith,
  • Nigel Goldenfeld,
  • Timothy M. Fan,
  • Paul J. Hergenrother,
  • Martin D. Burke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30833-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Safely opening university campuses has been a major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, the authors describe a program of public health measures employed at a university in the United States which, combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions, allowed the university to stay open in fall 2020 with limited evidence of transmission.