COVID-19 symptoms predictive of healthcare workers' SARS-CoV-2 PCR results.

Fan-Yun LanRobert FillerSoni MathewJane BuleyEirini IliakiLou Ann Bruno-MurthaRebecca OsgoodCostas A ChristophiAlejandro Fernandez-Montero Stefanos N Kales

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Symptom and temperature reports are useful screening tools for predicting SARS-CoV-2 assay results in HCWs. Anosmia/ageusia, fever, and myalgia were the strongest independent predictors of positive assays. The absence of symptoms or symptoms limited to nasal congestion/sore throat were associated with negative assays.

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