Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for COVID-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimized symptom-based COVID-19 case definitions that guide public health surveillance and individual patient management in the community may assist pandemic control.

Methods

We assessed diagnostic performance of existing cases definitions (e.g. influenza-like illness, COVID-like illness) using symptoms reported from 185 household contacts to a PCR-confirmed case of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and Utah, United States. We stratified analyses between adults and children. We also constructed novel case definitions for comparison.

Results

Existing COVID-19 case definitions generally showed high sensitivity (86-96%) but low positive predictive value (PPV) (36-49%; F-1 score 52-63) in this community cohort. Top performing novel symptom combinations included taste or s

SUBMITTER: Reses HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8465785 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature