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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Jul 16;8(8)
fab382.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab382. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Tool for Estimating the Probability of Having COVID-19 With 1 or More Negative RT-PCR Results
Alejandro Jara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Eduardo A Undurraga[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP], Rafael Araos[SUP] 4 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Early case detection and isolation of infected individuals are critical to controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, but false negatives do occur. We built a user-friendly online tool to estimate the probability of having COVID-19 with negative RT-PCR results and thus avoid preventable transmission.
Keywords: 19; Bayesian; COVID; RT-PCR test; SARS-CoV-2; online tool.
. 2021 Jul 16;8(8)
fab382.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab382. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Tool for Estimating the Probability of Having COVID-19 With 1 or More Negative RT-PCR Results
Alejandro Jara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Eduardo A Undurraga[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP], Rafael Araos[SUP] 4 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34395714
- PMCID: PMC8360238
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab382
Abstract
Early case detection and isolation of infected individuals are critical to controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, but false negatives do occur. We built a user-friendly online tool to estimate the probability of having COVID-19 with negative RT-PCR results and thus avoid preventable transmission.
Keywords: 19; Bayesian; COVID; RT-PCR test; SARS-CoV-2; online tool.