Lessons from managing a campus mumps outbreak using test, trace, and isolate efforts - 25/05/21
, Cara Exten, PhD, MPH b, Valerie Fulton, RN, MSN c, Robin Oliver-Veronesi, MD, CPE cHighlights |
• | A 2017 mumps outbreak on a college campus triggered a test, trace, and isolate response. |
• | Response teams documented average contacts per case and compliance with quarantine and isolation protocols. |
• | We identify strategies to increase compliance with contact tracing efforts and quarantine and isolation protocols to reduce pathogen transmission on campus. |
• | Lessons learned from the outbreak can applied to future outbreak management on college campuses, including SARS-CoV-2. |
Résumé |
In 2017, Penn State University's campus experienced a mumps outbreak that coincided with unrelated restrictions on social gatherings. University Health Services implemented testing, contact tracing, and quarantine and isolation protocols. Approximately half of the supplied contact tracing information was usable, ∼70% of identified contacts were reached, and <50% of those contacted complied with quarantine protocol. Students with confirmed mumps reported ∼7.4 (1-35) contacts on average. Findings from this outbreak can inform future outbreak management on college campuses, including COVID-19, by estimating average contacts per case, planning capacity for testing and quarantine/isolation, and strategically increasing compliance with suggested interventions.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Contact tracing, College students, Outbreak management, Infectious disease, Virus transmission
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| The authors have no conflict of interest. |
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| Funding: NB acknowledges funding from the NSF (CNH grant: DEB-1716698), Penn State University's Huck Institutes of the Life Science and the Institute for Computation and Data Sciences. CE's effort was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant KL2 TR002015 and Grant UL1 TR002014. The funders had no role in the study. |
Vol 49 - N° 6
P. 849-851 - juin 2021 Retour au numéro
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