The proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections that are asymptomatic: a systematic review

DP Oran, EJ Topol - Annals of internal medicine, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Asymptomatic infection seems to be a notable feature of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen that causes coronavirus …

Prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: a narrative review

DP Oran, EJ Topol - Annals of internal medicine, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly
throughout the world since the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were …

[HTML][HTML] The role of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: rapid living systematic review and meta-analysis

DC Buitrago-Garcia, D Egli-Gany, MJ Counotte… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background There is substantial disagreement about the level of asymptomatic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a population. The …

Estimating the effectiveness of routine asymptomatic PCR testing at different frequencies for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections

J Hellewell, TW Russell, R Beale, G Kelly, C Houlihan… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Routine asymptomatic testing using RT-PCR of people who interact with
vulnerable populations, such as medical staff in hospitals or care workers in care homes …

Variation in false-negative rate of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction–based SARS-CoV-2 tests by time since exposure

LM Kucirka, SA Lauer, O Laeyendecker… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
based on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) are being used to rule …

Comparison of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections with cumulative and imputed COVID-19 cases: systematic review

O Byambasuren, CC Dobler, K Bell, DP Rojas, J Clark… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Accurate seroprevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 in different populations
could clarify the extent to which current testing strategies are identifying all active infection …

Global percentage of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections among the tested population and individuals with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and …

Q Ma, J Liu, Q Liu, L Kang, R Liu, W Jing… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of transmission for COVID-19.
Objective To evaluate the percentage of asymptomatic infections among individuals …

Association of SARS-CoV-2 seropositive antibody test with risk of future infection

RA Harvey, JA Rassen, CA Kabelac… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding the effect of serum antibodies to severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on susceptibility to infection is important for …

Three quarters of people with SARS-CoV-2 infection are asymptomatic: analysis of English household survey data

I Petersen, A Phillips - Clinical Epidemiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background To reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, it is important to identify those who are
infectious. However, little is known about what proportion of infectious people are …

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Sah, MC Fitzpatrick, CF Zimmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Quantification of asymptomatic infections is fundamental for effective public health
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discrepancies regarding the extent of …