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Understanding the risk of transmission of respiratory viral infections in childcare centres: protocol for the DISeases TrANsmission in ChildcarE (DISTANCE) multicentre cohort study.
Shi, Chao; Wang, Xin; Ye, Sheng; Deng, Shuyu; Cong, Bingbing; Lu, Bing; Li, You.
  • Shi C; Department of Disease Control, Wuxi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
  • Wang X; School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Ye S; School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Deng S; School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Cong B; School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Lu B; Department of Disease Control, Wuxi Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China you.li@njmu.edu.cn WuXiCDCLuB1966@163.com.
  • Li Y; School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China you.li@njmu.edu.cn WuXiCDCLuB1966@163.com.
BMJ Open Respir Res ; 10(1)2023 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2303652
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

Childcare centre is considered a high-risk setting for transmission of respiratory viruses. Further evidence is needed to understand the risk of transmission in childcare centres. To this end, we established the DISeases TrANsmission in ChildcarE (DISTANCE) study to understand the interaction among contact patterns, detection of respiratory viruses from environment samples and transmission of viral infections in childcare centres. METHODS AND

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The DISTANCE study is a prospective cohort study in multiple childcare centres of Jiangsu Province, China. Study subjects will be childcare attendees and teaching staff of different grades. A range of information will be collected from the study subjects and participating childcare centres, including attendance, contact behaviours (collected by onsite observers), respiratory viral infection (weekly respiratory throat swabs tested by multiplex PCR), presence of respiratory viruses on touch surfaces of childcare centres and weekly follow-up survey on respiratory symptoms and healthcare seeking among subjects tested positive for any respiratory viruses. Detection patterns of respiratory viruses from study subjects and environment samples, contact patterns, and transmission risk will be analysed by developing statistical and mathematical models as appropriate. The study has been initiated in September 2022 in 1 childcare centre in Wuxi City, with a total of 104 children and 12 teaching staff included in the cohort; data collection and follow-up is ongoing. One more childcare centre in Nanjing City (anticipated to include 100 children and 10 teaching staff) will start recruitment in 2023. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has received ethics approval from Nanjing Medical University Ethics Committee (No. 2022-936) and ethics approval from Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention Ethics Committee (No. 2022-011). We plan to disseminate the study findings mainly through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations in academic conferences. Aggregated research data will be shared freely to researchers.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Viruses / Virus Diseases Type of study: Cohort study / Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Child / Humans Language: English Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjresp-2023-001617

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Viruses / Virus Diseases Type of study: Cohort study / Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Child / Humans Language: English Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjresp-2023-001617