Natalia, Yessika Adelwin
Herzog, Sereina Annik
Neyens, Thomas
Zurl, Christoph Johann
Strenger, Volker
Molenberghs, Geert
Faes, Christel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Belgian Science Policy Office (TD/231/BE-PIN)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2025
Accepted: 8 June 2025
First Online: 13 June 2025
Declarations
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: Written informed consent to participate in the school screening program was obtained from the participants (children and/or their guardians). The Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research collected anonymized data as part of the program. For this study, only aggregated, anonymized RT-qPCR data were utilized, ensuring that no individual-level information was accessible. Consequently, ethical approval was not required for the analysis of these pre-existing anonymized data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.