Abstract
Actual surveys in kindergartens on SARS-CoV-2 infections are rare. At the beginning of the second pandemic wave, we screened 12 randomly selected kindergartens in Berlin, Germany. A total of 720 participants (pre-school children, staff and connected household members) were briefly examined and interviewed, and SARS-CoV-2 infections and anti-SARS-Cov-2 IgG antibodies were assessed. About a quarter of the participants showed common cold-resembling symptoms. However, no SARS-CoV-2 infection was detected, and only one childcare worker showed IgG seroreactivity. Against a backdrop of increased pandemic activity in the community, this cross-sectional study does not suggest that kindergartens are silent transmission reservoirs.
【초록키워드】 IgG, pandemic, cross-sectional, SARS-COV-2 infection, children, Transmission, anti-SARS-CoV-2, Symptoms, cross-sectional study, IgG antibody, IgG antibodies, Germany, anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, Community, kindergarten, Berlin, SARS-CoV-2 infections, participant, reservoirs, kindergartens, Randomly, actual, selected, examined, screened, Against, silent, were assessed, 【제목키워드】 cross-sectional, second wave, kindergarten,