March 23, 2021

The Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Presymptomatic COVID-19 Patients: How We Can Be One Step Ahead in Mitigating a Deadly Pandemic

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• Presymptomatic patients were more likely to have atypical symptoms of COVID-19 when compared to symptomatic patients, according to a retrospective study (n=199) of patients identified via contact tracing in Malaysia. In the cohort, 21% of patients were presymptomatic, 27% were mildly symptomatic, and 52% were asymptomatic.  Females were more likely to present as presymptomatic than males (p = 0.019). No demographic or clinical characteristics were significantly associated with beings presymptomatic.

Tan et al. (Mar 9, 2021). The Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Presymptomatic COVID-19 Patients: How We Can Be One Step Ahead in Mitigating a Deadly Pandemic. BMC Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05849-7