Screening for COVID-19: Patient factors predicting positive PCR test

Autor:	Gregory J. Challener, Vanessa J Gow-Lee, John C. O’Horo, Aditya Shah, Douglas W. Challener, Madiha Fida
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Adult Male Microbiology (medical) 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epidemiology Minnesota Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral 030501 epidemiology Research Brief Polymerase Chain Reaction Risk Assessment Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences COVID-19 Testing Pcr test Humans Medicine Positive test Asymptomatic Infections Pandemics Patient factors Travel Clinical Laboratory Techniques SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Middle Aged Logistic Models Infectious Diseases Emergency medicine Female Coronavirus Infections 0305 other medical science business Risk assessment
Zdroj:	Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
ISSN:	1559-6834 0899-823X
DOI:	10.1017/ice.2020.249
Popis:	To inform the efficient allocation of testing resources, we evaluated the characteristics of those tested for COVID-19 to determine predictors of a positive test. Recent travel and exposure to a confirmed case were both highly predictive of positive testing. Symptom-based screening strategies alone may be inadequate to control the ongoing pandemic.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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