Integrated Surveillance System for Controlling COVID-19 on a University Campus, 20202021

Genevive R Meredith1, Marwan Osman1, Casey L Cazer1

  • 1Genevive R. Meredith, Kevin J. Cummings, Cecelia G. Madsen, Lara Parrilla, Yihong Li, Lorraine Francis, Isaac B. Weisfuse, and Alexander J. Travis are with the Master of Public Health Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Marwan Osman, Casey L. Cazer, and Lorin D. Warnick are with the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Jason Hecht and Marin Clarkberg are with the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, Cornell University. Laura B. Santacrose and Abigail S. Dubovi are with the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives, Cornell University. Tyler Johnson is with Student and Campus Life, Cornell University. Maria D. Fitzpatrick is with the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University. Anne C. Jones is with Cornell Health, Cornell University. Gary A. Koretzky is with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.

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