Leveraging School Infection Data to Address Community COVID-19 Data Gaps

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society December 2023

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Moreda E, Al-Dhalimy H, Ha M, Nwanaji-Enwerem E, Nguyen A, Pieters K, Brookhart MA, Hickerson J, Benjamin, Jr DK, Zimmerman KO, Boutzoukas AE

At-home COVID-19 testing resulted in significant data gaps; K-12 data could have supplemented community data. In future public health emergencies, reporting of school data could minimize data gaps, but requires additional resources including funding to track infections and standardized data reporting methods.