Survival analysis of time to SARS-CoV-2 PCR negativisation to optimise PCR prescription in health workers: the Henares COVID-19 healthcare workers cohort study.

Julio González Martin-MoroMarta Chamorro GómezGalicia Dávila FernándezAna Elices ApellanizAna Fernández HortelanoElena Guzmán AlmagroAngela Herranz VarelaCarlos Izquierdo RodríguezBeatriz Molina MontesGema Vanesa Sánchez MorenoAlberto Mohedano-GómezInés ContrerasJulio José González López

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2021)

RT-PCR during the first 3 weeks leads to a high percentage of positive results. In the presence of respiratory symptoms, negativisation took nearly 1 week more. Those who developed antibodies needed longer time to negativisate.

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coronavirus disease
public health
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
real time pcr
mental health
randomized controlled trial
risk assessment
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