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Presence of SARS-CoV-2 was monitored in nasopharyngeal samples from young children aged 6−30 months attending day-care centres (DCCs) in Belgium from May 2020−February 2022. SARS-CoV-2 carriage among DCC children was only detected from November 2021, after emergence of Delta and Omicron variants, in 9 of the 42 DCCs screened. In only one DCC, two children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the same sampling time point, suggesting limited transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Belgian DCCs among young children during the studied period.

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in young children attending day-care centres in Belgium, May 2020 to February 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Liesbet+Van+Heirstraeten&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Van Heirstraeten Liesbet</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Esra+Ekinci&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ekinci Esra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mathias+Smet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Smet Mathias</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Matilda+Berkell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Berkell Matilda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Laura+Willen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Willen Laura</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jasmine+Coppens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Coppens Jasmine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=An+Spiessens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Spiessens An</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Basil+Britto+Xavier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Xavier Basil Britto</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christine+Lammens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lammens Christine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jan+Verhaegen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Verhaegen Jan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pierre+Van+Damme&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Van Damme Pierre</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Herman+Goossens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Goossens Herman</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Philippe+Beutels&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Beutels Philippe</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Veerle+Matheeussen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Matheeussen Veerle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefanie+Desmet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Desmet Stefanie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Heidi+Theeten&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Theeten Heidi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Surbhi+Malhotra-Kumar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi</a></span>. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in young children attending day-care centres in Belgium, May 2020 to February 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(21):pii=2200380. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.21.2200380" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.21.2200380</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 23 May 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 25 May 2022 </span> </p>
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