Estimating the effect of timetabling decisions on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in medium-to-large engineering schools in Canada: an agent-based modelling study

RW Brennan, N Nelson, R Paul - Canadian Medical Association Open …, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities transitioned to primarily online
delivery, and it is important to understand what implications the transition back to in-person …

Assessing school-based policy actions for COVID-19: An agent-based analysis of incremental infection risk

R Zafarnejad, PM Griffin - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Many schools and universities have seen a significant increase in the spread of COVID-19.
As such, a number of non-pharmaceutical interventions have been proposed including …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a UK university setting

EM Hill, BD Atkins, MJ Keeling, MJ Tildesley, L Dyson - Epidemics, 2021 - Elsevier
Around 40% of school leavers in the UK attend university and individual universities
generally host thousands of students each academic year. Bringing together these student …

COVID-19 transmission in a university setting: a rapid review of modelling studies

H Christensen, K Turner, A Trickey, RD Booton… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Managing COVID-19 within a university setting presents unique challenges. At the start of
term, students arrive from geographically diverse locations and potentially have higher …

Using an agent-based model to assess k-12 school reopenings under different COVID-19 spread scenarios–united states, school year 2020/21

TC Germann, MZ Smith, L Dauelsberg, G Fairchild… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
School-age children play a key role in the spread of airborne viruses like influenza due to
the prolonged and close contacts they have in school settings. As a result, school closures …

Alternative COVID-19 mitigation measures in school classrooms: analysis using an agent-based model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission

MJ Woodhouse, WP Aspinall… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has impacted children's education, with schools required to
implement infection control measures that have led to periods of absence and classroom …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary and secondary school students and staff in England in the 2020/2021 school year: a longitudinal study

P Nguipdop-Djomo, WE Oswald, KE Halliday… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Investigate risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infections in school students and staff.
Methods In the 2020/2021 school year, we administered polymerase chain reaction …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of school operating scenarios on COVID-19 transmission under vaccination in the US: an agent-based simulation model

X Weng, Q Chen, TK Sathapathi, X Yin, L Wang - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 schools struggled to safely operate under the
fast-changing pandemic situation. However, little is known about the impact of different …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK university students: lessons from September–December 2020 and modelling insights for future student return

J Enright, EM Hill, HB Stage… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we present work on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in UK higher education settings
using multiple approaches to assess the extent of university outbreaks, how much those …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal in-school SARS-CoV-2 transmission with strict mitigation protocols at two independent schools in Nashville, TN

LS Peetluk, PF Rebeiro, KM Edwards, R Banerjee… - medRxiv, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted school operations. To better
understand the role of schools in COVID-19 transmission, we evaluated infections at two …