Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada, Andresa M C Germano, Daniel Schmidt, Alberto Encarnación-Martínez, Andressa L Lemos, Carlos Sendra-Pérez, Conrado T Laett, Emmanuel S da Rocha, Falk Zaumseil, Fran Oficial-Casado, Inaê de Oliveira Marcelo, Inmaculada Aparicio, Jesus A E Navarro, Joaquín Marzano-Felisatti, Marina Gil-Calvo, Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana, Niclas Masuch, Pedro Pérez-Soriano, Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis, Felipe P Carpes
Collaborative Online International Learning in Physiology: A Case Study
Advances in physiology education
school years 201920 202021 children physically psychologically socially stressed school closures caused sarscov2 pandemic ensure attendance optimal infection protection pcr pool testing conducted 202122 school year bavarian elementary schools schools pupils special needs timely detection sarscov2 infection study analyzes results pcr pool testing time stratified region school type age children data obtained classes elementary special needs schools involving pupils aged 6 11 years participated bavariawide pcr pool testing 092021 040822 samples collected twice weekly consisting pcr pool samples individual pcr samples evaluated case positive pool test class considered positive least one individual sample class positive within calendar week cw school class considered infectionprone three classes school students class positive within cw data included 2430 elementary schools 339 special needs schools 23021 2711 classes 456478 29200 children total 1157617 pools 337 positive 724438 individual samples 676 positive analyzed larger schools exhibited higher pr compared smaller schools january 2022 omicron variant led massive increase pr across bavaria incidence rates per 100000 personweeks within individual school samples significantly lower concurrently reported agespecific general infection incidences overall bavarian population pcr pool testing revealed relatively positive pools average four children per one hundred pools testing positive schools classes rarely considered infectionprone even periods high incidences outside schools combination pcr pool testing hygiene measures allowed largely safe inperson education pupils primary special needs schools school year 202122