ResearchArticle
The Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection in Students and Staff at a
Private University in Thailand by Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen
Detection Assay
Sunsiree Muangman,
1
Yaowaluk Pimainog,
1
Supachai Kunaratnpruk,
2
and Panan Kanchanaphum
3
1
Faculty of Medical Technology, Rangsit University, Rangsit, ailand
2
Office of the Vice President for Medical and Health Science, Rangsit University, Rangsit, ailand
3
Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, Rangsit, ailand
Correspondence should be addressed to Panan Kanchanaphum; panan.k@rsu.ac.th
Received 12 November 2021; Revised 11 January 2022; Accepted 9 February 2022; Published 3 March 2022
Academic Editor: Giovanna Deiana
Copyright © 2022 Sunsiree Muangman et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.
eCOVID-19pandemicledtothesuspensionofalluniversitycourseswhichwasfolloweddirectlybytheimplementationofonline
learninginailand.However,onlinelearningwasnotsuitableforallofailand.RangsitUniversityisafamousprivateuniversity
inailandandhasbeenaffectedbythiscrisis,soitattemptedtoeliminateonlinelearningbyofferingvaccinationandantigenrapid
screeningteststothestudentsandstaffwhohadtoattendtheuniversityfromJulytoSeptember2021.93.71%ofthestudentsandstaff
fromRangsitUniversitywhoattendedtheuniversityfromJulytoSeptember2021werevaccinated.Only1.18%ofthestudentsand
staff were infected. e vaccines used were CoronaVac and AstraZeneca at 66.02% and 33.98%, respectively. e percentage of
individualsthatwereinfectedaftervaccinationdidnotdifferbetweenthetwovaccines.epercentageofpeopleinfectedwas0.31%
forCoronaVacand0.29%forAstraZeneca.Otherimportantfactorsthatinfluencedtheinfectionrateweretheinitialsymptomsand
the environment. Individuals who had initial symptoms and had visited areas with high-risk factors had a high possibility of
becoming infected. is research is intended to be useful for risk management during the COVID-19 crisis.
1.Introduction
Previously, coronavirus was mostly found in animals and
rarelyfoundinhumans.Recently,anewstrainofcoronavirus
has been detected in humans. e first patient infected with
coronavirus was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, the
capital of China’s Hubei province [1]. e coronavirus that
caused this disease outbreak belongs to the Coronaviridae
family[2],anemerginginfectiousdiseasecausedbythesevere
acuterespiratorysyndromecoronavirus2(SARS-CoV-2)[3].
Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 developed rapidly
during2020andspreadgloballytobecomeapandemic[4,5].
ailandwasaffectedbytheCOVID-19pandemic.e
firstCOVID-19patientsinailandwerediscoveredon13
January2020[6].Sincethen,manystepshavebeentakento
containtheoutbreak,includinganighttimecurfewandthe
closing of schools and universities. e suspension of
regular learning activities at all educational institutions to
assist in containing the COVID-19 outbreak was followed
directly by the implementation of online learning during
the outbreak in ailand. e ministry of education in
ailand released the following four online learning
measures for all universities and educational institutions
duringthepandemic.efirstmeasurewasconcernedwith
preparing for online learning. e second measure was
related to testing the online learning system. e third
measure involved online learning activities, and the last
measure was regarding online examinations. Learning
outcomes varied according to the regions of ailand that
were affected by the online learning infrastructure such as
Internet accessibility, Internet speed, the online learning
platform, and computer accessibility [7].
Hindawi
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Volume 2022, Article ID 2350522, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2350522