Antibody Responses after Classroom Exposure to Teacher with Coronavirus Disease, March 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;26(9):2263-2265. doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201802. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Abstract

After returning from Europe to the United States, on March 1, 2020, a symptomatic teacher received positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Of the 21 students exposed to the teacher in the classroom, serologic results suggested past infection for 2. Classroom contact may result in virus transmission.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; United States; adolescents; classroom; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; teacher; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Antibody Formation
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology*
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis*
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / transmission
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • School Teachers
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Travel
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral