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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2021

Outbreak investigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in an emergency childcare centre.

Julio C Soto, Mireille Barakat, Juliana Ayres Hutter, Marilou Kiely, Sandrine Moreira, B Jesse Shapiro, Carmen Lia Murall, Nicolas Parenteau, Joane Désilets, Richard Lessard

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) from pre and asymptomatic infected individuals: a systematic review.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  3. Description of COVID-19 outbreaks in childcare facilities in Alberta, March 2020 to December 31, 2021.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Julio C SotoDirection des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 boul. Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec, H2P 1E2, Canada. julio.soto@inspq.qc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-2325
Mireille BarakatDirection des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 boul. Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec, H2P 1E2, Canada.
Juliana Ayres HutterDirection des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 boul. Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec, H2P 1E2, Canada.
Marilou KielyDirection des risques biologiques et de la santé au travail, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 boul. Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec, H2P 1E2, Canada.
Sandrine MoreiraLaboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
B Jesse ShapiroDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Carmen Lia MurallDépartement de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Nicolas ParenteauDirection de santé publique, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
Joane DésiletsDirection de santé publique, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
Richard LessardDirection de santé publique, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec · CACegep regional de Lanaudiere · CAMcGill University · CAUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo characterize SARS-CoV-2 transmission following a COVID-19 outbreak in an emergency childcare centre (ECCC) in April 2020 in Quebec, Canada.

methodsThe study population consisted of all the children and employees who attended the ECCC as well as household contacts of the confirmed COVID-19 cases. Of the 120 individuals in the study, five cases were confirmed by epidemiological link and 25 were identified as COVID-19 by RT-PCR among which 19 were analyzed by viral whole genome sequencing. Descriptive epidemiology, social network visualization, and phylogenetic analysis were used to characterize viral transmission.

resultsPhylogenetic analysis identified two separate introductions of distinct lineages of SARS-CoV-2 and estimated an average effective reproductive number of R

conclusionThe analyses carried out showed the probable origin and direction of the transmission of the infection (adult-child, child-adult, and child-child), thus highlighting how asymptomatic children can efficiently transmit SARS-CoV-2.

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Child Day Care CentersDisease OutbreaksAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolContact TracingCOVID-19EmergenciesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhylogenyQuebecChildrenCOVID-19DaycareOutbreakPhylogenetic analysisSARS-CoV-2SchoolTransmission

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PMID34047966
PMCPMC8161718
OpenAlexW3164370031

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