Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for COVID-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed COVID-19

Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for COVID-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed COVID-19

Abstract Background Optimized symptom-based COVID-19 case definitions that guide public health surveillance and individual patient management in the community may assist pandemic control. Methods We assessed diagnostic performance of existing cases definitions (e.g. influenza-like illness, COVID-lik...

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Main Authors: Hannah E. Reses, Mark Fajans, Scott H. Lee, Charles M. Heilig, Victoria T. Chu, Natalie J. Thornburg, Kim Christensen, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Alicia Fry, Aron J. Hall, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking, Scott A. Nabity, The U.S. COVID-19 Household Investigation Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Surveillance
Symptoms
Syndromic
Sensitivity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11683-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11683-y

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