Clinical characteristics of 51,815 patients presenting with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 swab results in primary health care settings: Priority populations for vaccination

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.014

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. 2021 Apr;82(4):84-123.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.014. Epub 2020 Nov 14.

Clinical characteristics of 51,815 patients presenting with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 swab results in primary health care settings: Priority populations for vaccination

Ehab Hamed¹, Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi², Mohamed Ahmed Syed², Mohamed Abd Elhamid³, Saad Thamer Sedeeq³, Bayan Alemrayat⁴, Amina Ali Mohamed Muktar⁵, AlAnoud Saleh AlFehaidi⁶, Hamda Abdulla A/Qotba⁷

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¹ Consultant Family Medicine - Qatar University Health Center - PHCC, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: eshamed@phcc.gov.qa.
² Public Health Consultant, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
³ Specialist Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Clinical pharmacist, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Head nurse, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Consultant Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ Head of the research department, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.

PMID: 33197474
PMCID: PMC7666571
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.014

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Clinical characteristics of 51,815 patients presenting with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 swab results in primary health care settings: Priority populations for vaccination

Ehab Hamed et al. J Infect. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;82(4):84-123.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.014. Epub 2020 Nov 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Family Medicine - Qatar University Health Center - PHCC, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: eshamed@phcc.gov.qa.
² Public Health Consultant, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
³ Specialist Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Clinical pharmacist, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Head nurse, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Consultant Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ Head of the research department, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University Health Center, Doha, Qatar.

PMID: 33197474
PMCID: PMC7666571
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.014

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Keywords: Age; COVID-19; Clinical characteristics; Diabetes; Pregnancy; Primary care; Risk; SARS-CoV-2.

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[1] Brendish N.J., Poole S., Naidu V V., Mansbridge C.T., Norton N., Borca F. Clinical characteristics, symptoms and outcomes of 1054 adults presenting to hospital with suspected COVID-19: a comparison of patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Infect [Internet] 2020;9(0):32. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.033. [cited 2020 Nov 1] Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Brendish N.J., Poole S., Naidu V V., Mansbridge C.T., Norton N., Borca F. Clinical characteristics, symptoms and outcomes of 1054 adults presenting to hospital with suspected COVID-19: a comparison of patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Infect [Internet] 2020;9(0):32. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.033. [cited 2020 Nov 1] Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Sun P., Qie S., Liu Z., Ren J., Li K., Xi J. Clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a single arm meta-analysis. J Med Virol. 2020;92(6):612–617. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Sun P., Qie S., Liu Z., Ren J., Li K., Xi J. Clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a single arm meta-analysis. J Med Virol. 2020;92(6):612–617. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Guan W., Ni Z., Hu Y., Liang W., Ou C., He J. Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China. N Engl J Med. 2020

[6] Guan W., Ni Z., Hu Y., Liang W., Ou C., He J. Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China. N Engl J Med. 2020

[7] Fu L., Wang B., Yuan T., Chen X., Ao Y., Fitzpatrick T. Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Infect [Internet] 2020;80(6):656–665. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.041. [cited 2020 Nov 8]Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Fu L., Wang B., Yuan T., Chen X., Ao Y., Fitzpatrick T. Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Infect [Internet] 2020;80(6):656–665. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.041. [cited 2020 Nov 8]Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Tian S., Hu N., Lou J., Chen K., Kang X., Xiang Z. Characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Beijing. J Infect [Internet] 2020;80(4):401–406. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.018. [cited 2020 Nov 8]Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Tian S., Hu N., Lou J., Chen K., Kang X., Xiang Z. Characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Beijing. J Infect [Internet] 2020;80(4):401–406. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.018. [cited 2020 Nov 8]Available from: - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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