COVID-19: PCR screening of asymptomatic health-care workers at London hospital

Type Journal Article Author Thomas A. Treibel Author Charlotte Manisty Author Maudrian Burton Author Áine McKnight Author Jonathan Lambourne Author João B. Augusto Author Xosé Couto-Parada Author Teresa Cutino-Moguel Author Mahdad Noursadeghi Author James C. Moon URL https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31100-4/abstract Series The Lancet Correspondence Volume 395 Issue 10237 Pages 1608-1610 Publication The Lancet ISSN 0140-6736, 1474-547X Date 08/05/2020 Extra Publisher: Elsevier PMID: 32401714 Journal Abbr The Lancet DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31100-4 Accessed 2020-06-30 17:32:43 Library Catalog www.thelancet.com Language English Abstract The exponential growth in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) across the UK has been successfully reversed by social distancing and lockdown.1 RNA testing for prevalent infection is a key part of the exit strategy, but the role of testing for asymptomatic infection remains unclear.2 Understanding the determinants of asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic infection will provide new opportunities for personalised risk stratification and reveal much-needed correlates of protective immunity, whether induced by vaccination or natural exposure. Short Title COVID-19