Broadening symptom criteria improves early case identification in SARS-CoV-2 contacts.
Broadening symptom criteria improves early case identification in SARS-CoV-2 contacts.
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10.1183/13993003.02308-2021
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2022-07
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Lalvani A
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Houston H;Hakki S;Pillay TD;Madon K;Derqui-Fernandez N;Koycheva A;Singanayagam A;Fenn J;Kundu R;Conibear E;Varro R;Cutajar J;Quinn V;Wang L;Narean JS;Tolosa-Wright MR;Barnett J;Kon OM;Tedder R;Taylor G;Zambon M;Ferguson N;Dunning J;Deeks JJ;Lalvani A
The success of case isolation and contact tracing for the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission depends on the accuracy and speed of case identification. We assessed whether inclusion of additional symptoms alongside three canonical symptoms (CS), i.e. fever, cough and loss or change in smell or taste, could improve case definitions and accelerate case identification in SARS-CoV-2 contacts. Two prospective longitudinal London (UK)-based cohorts of community SARS-CoV-2 contacts, recruited within 5 days of exposure, provided independent training and test datasets. Infected and uninfected contacts completed daily symptom diaries from the earliest possible time-points. Diagnostic information gained by adding symptoms to the CS was quantified using likelihood ratios and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. Improvements in sensitivity and time to detection were compared with penalties in terms of specificity and number needed to test. Of 529 contacts within two cohorts, 164 (31%) developed PCR-confirmed infection and 365 (69%) remained uninfected. In the training dataset (n=168), 29% of infected contacts did not report the CS. Four symptoms (sore throat, muscle aches, headache and appetite loss) were identified as early-predictors (EP) which added diagnostic value to the CS. The broadened symptom criterion “≥1 of the CS, or ≥2 of the EP” identified PCR-positive contacts in the test dataset on average 2 days earlier after exposure (p=0.07) than “≥1 of the CS”, with only modest reduction in specificity (5.7%). Broadening symptom criteria to include individuals with at least two of muscle aches, headache, appetite loss and sore throat identifies more infections and reduces time to detection, providing greater opportunities to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Data from two prospective longitudinal community-based cohorts show broadened symptom criteria identify more SARS-CoV-2 infections and reduce time to detection with minimal reductions in specificity, providing greater opportunities to prevent transmission. https://bit.ly/3wRpMeW
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影响因子:
2
作者:
SPIEGELHALTER, DJ
通讯作者:
SPIEGELHALTER, DJ
DOI:
10.1016/j.jinf.2021.02.015
发表时间:
2021-03
期刊:
The Journal of infection
影响因子:
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作者:
Antonelli M;Capdevila J;Chaudhari A;Granerod J;Canas LS;Graham MS;Klaser K;Modat M;Molteni E;Murray B;Sudre CH;Davies R;May A;Nguyen LH;Drew DA;Joshi A;Chan AT;Cramer JP;Spector T;Wolf J;Ourselin S;Steves CJ;Loeliger AE
通讯作者:
Loeliger AE
影响因子:
11.8
作者:
Bullard, Jared;Dust, Kerry;Poliquin, Guillaume
通讯作者:
Poliquin, Guillaume
DOI:
10.2307/2981737
发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2
作者:
SPIEGELHALTER, DJ;KNILLJONES, RP
通讯作者:
KNILLJONES, RP
影响因子:
105.7
作者:
SEYMOUR, DG;GREEN, M;VAZ, FG
通讯作者:
VAZ, FG