Low infectivity among asymptomatic patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 admission test at a tertiary-care center, 2020-2022

• Main Authors: Ralph Tayyar (Author), Melanie Kiener (Author), Jane W. Liang (Author), Gustavo Contreras Anez (Author), Guillermo Rodriguez Nava (Author), Alex Zimmet (Author), Caitlin A. Contag (Author), Krithika Srinivasan (Author), Lucy Tompkins (Author), Aruna Subramanian (Author), John Shepard (Author), Benjamin A. Pinsky (Author), Jorge Salinas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Many hospitals have implemented admission SARS-CoV-2 testing to evaluate for the need for transmission-based precautions. However, a positive test in an asymptomatic patient may represent (1) active infection, signifying infectiousness; (2) false positivity; or (3) past infection with pr...