Broadening symptom criteria improves early case identification in SARS-CoV-2 contacts.

Hamish HoustonSeran HakkiTimesh D PillayKieran MadonNieves Derqui FernandezAleksandra KoychevaAnika SinganayagamJoe FennRhia KunduEmily ConibearRobert VarroJessica CutajarValerie QuinnLulu WangJanakan S NareanMica R Tolosa-WrightJack BarnettOnn Min KonRichard TedderGraham TaylorMaria ZambonNeil FergusonJake DunningJonathan J DeeksAjit Lalvani

Published in: The European respiratory journal (2021)

Broadening symptom criteria to include individuals with at least 2 of muscle aches, headache, appetite loss and sore throat identifies more infections and reduces time-to-detection, providing greater opportunities to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
patient reported
skeletal muscle
weight loss
genome wide
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
body weight
real time pcr
coronavirus disease