Symptom Profiles of a Convenience Sample of Patients with COVID-19 — United States, January–April 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Burke, Rachel M. ; Killerby, Marie E. ; Newton, Suzanne ; Ashworth, Candace E. ; Berns, Abby L. ; Brennan, Skyler ; Bressler, Jonathan M. ; Bye, Erica ; Crawford, Richard ; Harduar Morano, Laurel ; Lewis, Nathaniel M. ; Markus, Tiffanie M. ; Read, Jennifer S. ; Rissman, Tamara ; Taylor, Joanne ; Tate, Jacqueline E. ; Midgley, Claire M. ; Balachandran, Neha ; Dahl, Rebecca M. ; Dott, Mary ; Gilani, Zunera ; Grober, Aaron ; Leung, Jessica ; O’Hegarty, Michelle ; Person, John ; Ricaldi, Jessica N. ; Roth, Nicole M. ; Sejvar, James J. ; Shimabukuro, Tom ; Tran, Cuc H. ; Watson, John T. ; Whitham, Hilary ; Chiou, Howard ; Clogher, Paula ; Duca, Lindsey M. ; Dratch, Alissa ; Feldpausch, Amanda ; Fill, Mary-Margaret ; Ghinai, Isaac ; Holshue, Michelle ; Scott, Sarah ; Westergaard, Ryan
• Corporate Authors:
  Case Investigation Form Working Group
• Description:
  CoronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first detected in the United States in January 2020 (1), and by mid-July, approximately 3.4 million cases had been reported in the United States (2). Information about symptoms among U.S. COVID-19 patients is limited, especially among nonhospitalized patients. To better understand symptom profiles of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in the United States, CDC used an optional questionnaire to collect detailed information on a convenience sample of COVID-19 patients from participating states. Symptom data were analyzed by age group, sex, hospitalization status, and symptom onset date relative to expansion of tTesting guidelines on March 8, 2020 (3). Among 164 symptomatic patients with known onset during January 14-April 4, 2020, a total of 158 (96%) reported fever, cough, or shortness of breath. Among 57 hospitalized adult patients (aged ≥18 years), 39 (68%) reported all three of these symptoms, compared with 25 (31%) of the 81 nonhospitalized adult patients. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and other symptoms, such as chills, myalgia, headache, and fatigue, also were commonly reported, especially after expansion of tTesting guidelines. To aid prompt recognition of COVID-19, clinicians and public health professionals should be aware that COVID-19 can cause a wide variety of symptoms.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over BetacoronaVirus Child Child, Preschool CoronaVirus Infections Cough COVID-19 Dyspnea Female Fever Hospitalization Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Severity Of Illness Index Symptom Assessment Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(28):904-908
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32673296
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7366851
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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