ORegon CHild Absenteeism due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS)

ORCHARDS is a public health cold and flu study sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is led by Jonathan Temte, MD PhD, and Shari Barlow at the UW – Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. The purpose of this study is to monitor cold and flu symptoms in pre-k through high school students in the Oregon School District. We look for influenza, SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, and other respiratory viruses that make kids sick and how these illnesses affect school absences.

ORCHARDS is not recruiting participants at this time. You can learn more about the study and our findings by checking out the publications listed below.

CALL 608-265-3164 or Email us with any questions about the study.

Community ORCHARDS Appreciation Party – Top row, from left: Sarah, Kelly, Cecilia, Maureen, Cristalyne, and Jon.
Bottom row, from left: Alea, Emily, Carly, Shari, Derek.

Publications

2024

Assessment and comparison of the ILI case definition in clinical and school-based community settings: ORCHARDS/IISP

Rapid Antigen Testing in School Health Offices for Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A

Effect of planned school breaks on student absenteeism due to influenza-like illness in school aged children-Oregon School District, Wisconsin September 2014-June 2019

Goss MD, He C, Sabry A, Hamer C, Svenson EL, Temte E, Barlow S, Temte JL. Utility and Acceptability of Rapid Antigen Testing for Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 School Health Offices During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. WMJ. 2024;123(6):597-600. PMID: 39908522: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39908522/

Bell C, Goss M, Norton D, Barlow S, Temte E, He C, Hamer C, Walters S, Sabry A, Johnson K, Chen G, Uzicanin A, Temte J. Descriptive Epidemiology of Pathogens Associated with Acute Respiratory Infection in a Community-Based Study of K-12 School Children (2015-2023). Pathogens. 2024 Apr 19;13(4):340. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13040340. PMID: 38668295; PMCID: PMC11053468: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38668295/

Bell C, He C, Norton D, Goss M, Chen G, Temte J. Household transmission of human metapneumovirus and seasonal coronavirus. Epidemiol Infect. 2024 May 21;152:e90. doi: 10.1017/S0950268824000517. PMID: 38770587; PMCID: PMC11736445: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38770587/

Sethi AK, Bell C, Norton D, Goss MD, Barlow S, Chen G, Uzicanin A, Temte JL. Factors Associated With Transmission Across Three Waves of SARS-CoV-2 in a Prospective Community-Based Study of Households With School-Aged Children-Dane County, Wisconsin, 2020-2022. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 Nov;18(11):e70031. doi: 10.1111/irv.70031. PMID: 39478308; PMCID: PMC11525035: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39478308/

2023

Feasibility and Functionality of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Testing in K-12 School Health Offices

Changing pattern of respiratory virus detections among school-aged children in a small community – Dane County, Wisconsin, September to December 2022

Factors influencing sensitivity of a rapid influenza diagnostic test in a community-based population of kindergarten through 12th-grade students: Wisconsin 2015-2020

2022

SARS-CoV-2 co-detection with influenza A and other respiratory viruses among school-aged children and their household members— March 12, 2020, to February 22, 2022, Dane County, Wisconsin

Cause-specific student absenteeism monitoring in K-12 schools for detection of increased influenza activity in the surrounding community-Dane County, Wisconsin, 2014-2020

Notes from the Field: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection in 10 Persons Within 90 Days of Previous SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Infection – Four States, October 2021-January 2022

2021

The Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS): Rationale, objectives, and design

Evidence of Early Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving a School-aged Child

2020

Comparison of participant-collected nasal and staff-collected oropharyngeal specimens for human ribonuclease P detection with RT-PCR during a community-based study

2019

Sequential, within‐season infection with influenza A (H3N2) in a usually healthy vaccinated child

An assessment of parental knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding influenza vaccination