全球性与向性冠状病毒病2019 (COVID-19) 抵达抗原测试在军事学员随后的COVID-19感染
Marquise D Westbrook1, James Aden2, John W Kieffer3
1Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Brook Army Medical Center, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA.
Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE
|October 25, 2024
概括
仅对2019年新冠肺炎疾病 (COVID-19) 的症状个体进行检测,在抵达时减少了隔离期,而不会增加感染. 这种方法是高风险聚集环境的可行策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 诊断测试 诊断测试 诊断测试
背景情况:
- 聚集的环境,例如军事训练环境,对2019年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 等传染病的快速传播具有很高的风险.
- 有效的查策略对于平衡感染控制与运营需求至关重要,包括尽量减少不必要的隔离期.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估仅在抵达时进行症状性COVID-19抗原检测的影响,与军事学员的普遍抗原检测相比.
- 为了确定一个不那么严格的测试协议是否会影响高风险聚集环境中的二次传播率.
主要方法:
- 回顾性队列研究设计,分析来自军事学员的数据.
- 仅进行症状抗原测试的组与抵达时进行的通用抗原测试之间的结果比较.
- 隔离时间和二次病例发生率的评估.
主要成果:
- 仅针对症状的到达抗原测试导致学员的隔离要求降低.
- 与普遍测试组相比,仅症状测试组中没有观察到二次COVID-19病例的显著增加.
- 这一策略在高风险的群体环境中被证明是可行的.
结论:
- 抵达时仅进行症状性COVID-19抗原检测是一种有效的策略,用于在聚集的环境中管理传染病.
- 这种方法为普遍测试提供了切实可行的替代方案,减少了物流负担,同时保持了疾病控制.
- 这些发现支持在类似的高传播风险环境中实施有针对性的测试协议.
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