Screening for COVID-19: Patient factors predicting positive PCR test
Open Access
- 19 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 41 (8), 968-969
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.249
Abstract
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.Keywords
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