@article{074d7201dba04eb98dcdf2d381f2631c,
title = "Large university with high COVID-19 incidence is not associated with excess cases in non-student population",
abstract = "Large US colleges and universities that re-opened campuses in the fall of 2020 and the spring of 2021 experienced high per capita rates of COVID-19. Returns to campus were controversial because they posed a potential risk to surrounding communities. A large university in Pennsylvania that returned to in-person instruction for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters reported high incidence of COVID-19 among students. However, the co-located non-student resident population in the county experienced fewer COVID-19 cases per capita than reported in neighboring counties. Activity patterns from mobile devices indicate that the non-student resident population near the university restricted their movements during the pandemic more than residents of neighboring counties. Respiratory virus prevention and management in student and non-student populations requires different, specifically targeted strategies.",
author = "Nita Bharti and Brian Lambert and Cara Exten and Christina Faust and Matthew Ferrari and Anthony Robinson",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge SafeGraph for access to their aggregated mobile device data, the Pennsylvania Department of Health for making COVID-19 data publicly available at the county level, and The Pennsylvania State University for making their COVID-19 data publicly available. We acknowledge financial support from The Pennsylvania State University{\textquoteright}s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. The funding sources had no role in the study design, execution or interpretation of the results. Funding Information: We acknowledge SafeGraph for access to their aggregated mobile device data, the Pennsylvania Department of Health for making COVID-19 data publicly available at the county level, and The Pennsylvania State University for making their COVID-19 data publicly available. We acknowledge financial support from The Pennsylvania State University?s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. The funding sources had no role in the study design, execution or interpretation of the results. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1038/s41598-022-07155-x",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "12",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}