EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC AND SYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 CASES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, HYDERABAD
European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine,
2022, Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 11819-11826
Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China, in December 2019. Asymptomatic COVID-19 infections reported having a similar viral load as those of symptomatic infections. To better understand the identified COVID-19 cases, in this study we characterized COVID-19 cases in to asymptomatic and symptomatic and epidemiological factors associated with positivity and its strength of association.Aim: To study epidemiological characterization of asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 cases.
Materials and methods: The present work is a retrospective observational study. Samples of All age groups, all genders are included in the study and subjected to RT-PCR test in VRDL, Osmania medical college. Only patients having clinical and demographic information and confirmed positive or negative status from SARS-CoV-2 test were considered.
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