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. 2020 May 22;105(3):428-429.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.028. Online ahead of print.

Symptom-based screening for COVID-19 in health care workers: The importance of fever

Jean Cyr Yombi  1 , Julien De Greef  2 , Anne-Sophie Marsin  3 , Anne Simon  4 , Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos  4 , Andrea Penaloza  5 , Leila Belkhir  2
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Symptom-based screening for COVID-19 in health care workers: The importance of fever

Jean Cyr Yombi et al. J Hosp Infect. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Fever; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; respiratory symptoms; sensitivity; specificity.

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