Assessing the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: a national derivation and validation cohort study.
Kelly Osezele ElimianOlaolu AderinolaJack GibsonPuja MylesChinwe Lucia OchuCarina KingTochi OkworGiulia GaudenziAdebola OlayinkaHabib Garba ZaiyadCornelius OhonsiBlessing EbhodagheChioma Dan-NwaforWilliam NwachukwuIsmail Adeshina Abdus-SalamOluwatosin Wuraola AkandeOlanrewaju FalodunChinedu ArinzeChidiebere EzeokaforAbubakar JafiyaAnastacia OjimbaJohn Tunde AremuEmmanuel JosephAbimbola BowaleBamidele MutiuBabatunde SakaArisekola JinaduKhadeejah HamzaChristian IbehShaibu BelloMichael AsuzuNwando MbaJohn OladejoElsie IloriTobias AlfvénEhimario IgumborChikwe IhekweazuPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The predictive capacity of various symptom scores for COVID-19 positivity was poor overall. However, the findings could serve as an advocacy tool for more investments in resources for capacity strengthening of molecular testing for COVID-19 in Nigeria.