Low rate of SARS-CoV-2 incident infection identified by weekly screening PCR in a prospective year-long cohort study.

Low rate of SARS-CoV-2 incident infection identified by weekly screening PCR in a prospective year-long cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections may contribute to ongoing community transmission, however, the benefit of routine screening of asymptomatic individuals in low-risk populations is unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>To identify SARS-CoV-2 infectio...

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Main Authors: Whitney E Harrington, Winnie Yeung, Ingrid A Beck, Fred D Mast, John Houck, Sheila Styrchak, Leslie R Miller, Song Li, Micaela Haglund, Yonghou Jiang, Blair Armistead, Jackson Wallner, Tina Nguyen, Daisy Ko, Samantha Hardy, Alyssa Oldroyd, Ana Gervassi, John D Aitchison, Lisa M Frenkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274078

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274078

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