Published on in Vol 11, No 11 (2022): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/34075, first published .
The COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey in England: Protocol and Participation Profile for a Prospective Observational Cohort Study

The COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey in England: Protocol and Participation Profile for a Prospective Observational Cohort Study

The COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey in England: Protocol and Participation Profile for a Prospective Observational Cohort Study

Katherine E Halliday   1 * , PhD ;   Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo   2 * , MD, PhD ;   William E Oswald   1 , PhD ;   Joanna Sturgess   3 , MSc ;   Elizabeth Allen   3 , PhD ;   Neisha Sundaram   4 , PhD ;   Georgina Ireland   5 , PhD ;   John Poh   5 , PhD ;   Samreen Ijaz   5 , PhD ;   Justin Shute   5 , MSc ;   Ian Diamond   6 , PhD ;   Emma Rourke   6 , MSc ;   Fiona Dawe   6 , MSc ;   Alison Judd   6 , MSc ;   Taane Clark   7 , PhD ;   W John Edmunds   2 , PhD ;   Chris Bonell   8 , PhD ;   Punam Mangtani   2 , MD, PhD ;   Shamez N Ladhani   5 , PhD ;   Sinéad M Langan   9 , PhD ;   James Hargreaves   8 , PhD ;   COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey Study Group   10

1 Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

2 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

3 Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

4 Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

5 UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom

6 Office for National Statistics, Government Buildings, Newport, United Kingdom

7 Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

8 Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

9 Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

10 See Acknowledgments, London, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Katherine E Halliday, PhD
  • Department of Disease Control
  • Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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