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 , GB

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

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

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

5 UK Health Security Agency , London , GB

6 Office for National Statistics , Government Buildings , Newport , GB

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

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

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

10 See Acknowledgments , London , GB

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Katherine E Halliday, PhD
  • Department of Disease Control
  • Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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  • London
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  • Email: katherine.halliday@lshtm.ac.uk