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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2020 Nov 26;8(1)
faa576.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa576. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Clinical Symptoms Among Ambulatory Patients Tested for SARS-CoV-2
Jessie R Chung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara S Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael L Jackson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lisa A Jackson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward A Belongia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jennifer P King[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Richard K Zimmerman[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mary Patricia Nowalk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Emily T Martin[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Arnold S Monto[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Manjusha Gaglani[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Michael E Smith[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Manish Patel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brendan Flannery[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We compared symptoms and characteristics of 4961 ambulatory patients with and without laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Findings indicate that clinical symptoms alone would be insufficient to distinguish between coronavirus disease 2019 and other respiratory infections (eg, influenza) and/or to evaluate the effects of preventive interventions (eg, vaccinations).
Keywords: COVID-19; case definitions; influenza; observational research studies; vaccine effectiveness.
. 2020 Nov 26;8(1)
faa576.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa576. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Clinical Symptoms Among Ambulatory Patients Tested for SARS-CoV-2
Jessie R Chung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara S Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael L Jackson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lisa A Jackson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward A Belongia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jennifer P King[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Richard K Zimmerman[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mary Patricia Nowalk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Emily T Martin[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Arnold S Monto[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Manjusha Gaglani[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Michael E Smith[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Manish Patel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brendan Flannery[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33537361
- PMCID: PMC7717425
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa576
Abstract
We compared symptoms and characteristics of 4961 ambulatory patients with and without laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Findings indicate that clinical symptoms alone would be insufficient to distinguish between coronavirus disease 2019 and other respiratory infections (eg, influenza) and/or to evaluate the effects of preventive interventions (eg, vaccinations).
Keywords: COVID-19; case definitions; influenza; observational research studies; vaccine effectiveness.