Model-based evaluation of school- and non-school-related measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic

Ganna Rozhnova; Christiaan H. van Dorp; Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen; Martin C. J. Bootsma; Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert; Marc J. M. Bonten; Mirjam E. Kretzschmar

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21899-6

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Model-based evaluation of school- and non-school-related measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic

Ganna Rozhnova,
Christiaan H. van Dorp,
Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen,
Martin C. J. Bootsma,
Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert,
Marc J. M. Bonten,
Mirjam E. Kretzschmar

Affiliations

Ganna Rozhnova: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
Christiaan H. van Dorp: Theoretical Biology and Biophysics (T-6), Los Alamos National Laboratory
Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
Martin C. J. Bootsma: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
Marc J. M. Bonten: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University
Mirjam E. Kretzschmar: Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21899-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The role of school-based contacts in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 is incompletely understood. Here, the authors use an age-structured transmission model fitted to age-specific seroprevalence and hospital admission data to assess the effects of school-based measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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