Nature Communications (Jan 2022)
Model-based evaluation of alternative reactive class closure strategies against COVID-19
- Quan-Hui Liu,
- Juanjuan Zhang,
- Cheng Peng,
- Maria Litvinova,
- Shudong Huang,
- Piero Poletti,
- Filippo Trentini,
- Giorgio Guzzetta,
- Valentina Marziano,
- Tao Zhou,
- Cecile Viboud,
- Ana I. Bento,
- Jiancheng Lv,
- Alessandro Vespignani,
- Stefano Merler,
- Hongjie Yu,
- Marco Ajelli
Affiliations
- Quan-Hui Liu
- College of Computer Science, Sichuan University
- Juanjuan Zhang
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education
- Cheng Peng
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education
- Maria Litvinova
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health
- Shudong Huang
- College of Computer Science, Sichuan University
- Piero Poletti
- Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation
- Filippo Trentini
- Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University
- Giorgio Guzzetta
- Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation
- Valentina Marziano
- Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation
- Tao Zhou
- Big Data Research Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Cecile Viboud
- Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
- Ana I. Bento
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health
- Jiancheng Lv
- College of Computer Science, Sichuan University
- Alessandro Vespignani
- Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-technical Systems, Northeastern University
- Stefano Merler
- Center for Health Emergencies, Bruno Kessler Foundation
- Hongjie Yu
- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education
- Marco Ajelli
- Laboratory for Computational Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27939-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Reactive school class closures have been widely implemented to mitigate COVID-19 outbreaks. Here, the authors show that, compared to symptom-prompted PCR testing, screening for cases in schools with antigen tests leads to greater reductions in infection rates in both students and the wider community.
