There is substantial interest in using presenting symptoms to prioritize testing for COVID-19 and establish symptom-based surveillance. However, little is currently known about the specificity of COVID-19 symptoms. To assess the feasibility of symptom-based screening for COVID-19, we used data from tests for common respiratory viruses and SARS-CoV-2 in our health system to measure the ability to correctly classify virus test results based on presenting symptoms. Based on these results, symptom-based screening may not be an effective strategy to identify individuals who should be tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection or to obtain a leading indicator of new COVID-19 cases.
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【저자키워드】 viral infection, Epidemiology, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, feasibility, SARS-COV-2 infection, virus, specificity, Surveillance, respiratory virus, health system, COVID-19 symptoms, COVID-19 cases, presenting symptoms, presenting symptom, individual, effective, tested, identify, used data, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, Efficacy,