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Who Got Infected with COVID-19? A Study of College Students in Wuhan (China)

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  • Changyu Fan

    (School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Min Li

    (School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Xueyan Li

    (School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Miao Zhu

    (School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Ping Fu

    (School of Sociology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Avenue, Wuhan 430079, China)

Abstract

College students represent a large group of people who frequently travel across regions, which increased their risk of infection and exacerbated the risk of COVID-19 spread throughout China. This study uses survey data from the end of April 2020 to analyze the status of COVID-19-infected cases, the group differences, and influencing factors in college students in Wuhan. The sample size was made up 4355 participants, including 70 COVID-19-infected students. We found that during the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, college students in Wuhan were primarily infected during off-campus events after winter break or infected in their hometowns after leaving Wuhan; the percentage of college students with severe cases was relatively low, and most had mild cases; however, a large proportion of asymptomatic cases may exist; there were significant group differences in gender, age and place of residence; and the risk of infection was closely related to the campus environment, in which the population density and number of faculty and students on campus had a significant impact. The results indicated that the infection of students did not occur at random, thus strengthening student health education and campus management can help curb the spread of COVID-19 among students.

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  • Changyu Fan & Min Li & Xueyan Li & Miao Zhu & Ping Fu, 2021. "Who Got Infected with COVID-19? A Study of College Students in Wuhan (China)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2420-:d:508719
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    1. Changyu Fan & Linping Liu & Wei Guo & Anuo Yang & Chenchen Ye & Maitixirepu Jilili & Meina Ren & Peng Xu & Hexing Long & Yufan Wang, 2020. "Prediction of Epidemic Spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Driven by Spring Festival Transportation in China: A Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-27, March.
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    1. Xueyan Li & Ping Fu & Min Li, 2022. "The Complex Media Effects on Civic Participation Intention Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from Wuhan College Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-15, September.
    2. Veljko Kolak & Maja Pavlovic & Ema Aleksic & Vladimir Biocanin & Milica Gajic & Ana Nikitovic & Marija Lalovic & Irena Melih & Dragana Pesic, 2022. "Probable Bruxism and Psychological Issues among Dental Students in Serbia during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-13, June.

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