ArticleRoyal Society open science2021
SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK university students: lessons from September-December 2020 and modelling insights for future student return.
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- Who We Test For: Aligning Relational and Public Health Responsibilities in COVID-19 Testing in Scotland.Medical anthropology · 2024Article
- An epidemiological modeling framework to inform institutional-level response to infectious disease outbreaks: a Covid-19 case study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Getting the most out of maths: How to coordinate mathematical modelling research to support a pandemic, lessons learnt from three initiatives that were part of the COVID-19 response in the UK.Journal of theoretical biology · 2023Article
- Social risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 acquisition in university students: cross sectional survey.Epidemiology and infection · 2022Article
- Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a university outbreak setting and implications for public health planning.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A hybrid stochastic model and its Bayesian identification for infectious disease screening in a university campus with application to massive COVID-19 screening at the University of Liège.Mathematical biosciences · 2022Article
- Estimating data-driven coronavirus disease 2019 mitigation strategies for safe university reopening.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Modelling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a UK university setting.Epidemics · 2021Article
- Rapid evidence review to inform safe return to campus in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Wellcome open research · 2021Review
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Abstract
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 outbreaks may have led to spillover in the community, and the expected effects of control measures. Firstly, we found that the distribution of outbreaks in universities in late 2020 was consistent with the expected importation of infection from arriving students. Considering outbreaks at one university, larger halls of residence posed higher risks for transmission. The dynamics of transmission from university outbreaks to wider communities is complex, and while sometimes spillover does occur, occasionally even large outbreaks do not give any detectable signal of spillover to the local population. Secondly, we explored proposed control measures for reopening and keeping open universities. We found the proposal of staggering the return of students to university residence is of limited value in terms of reducing transmission. We show that student adherence to testing and self-isolation is likely to be much more important for reducing transmission during term time. Finally, we explored strategies for testing students in the context of a more transmissible variant and found that frequent testing would be necessary to prevent a major outbreak.
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