Tracking changes in SARS-CoV-2 transmission with a novel outpatient sentinel surveillance system in Chicago, USA

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 5547 - 10
• Main Authors: Richardson, Reese, Jorgensen, Emile, Arevalo, Philip, Holden, Tobias M., Gostic, Katelyn M., Pacilli, Massimo, Ghinai, Isaac, Lightner, Shannon, Cobey, Sarah, Gerardin, Jaline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.09.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/114/2415; 631/326/596/4130; 692/700/478/174; Chicago - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Diagnostic systems; Diagnostic tests; Disease transmission; Health surveillance; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Indicators; Lead time; multidisciplinary; Outpatients; Patient admissions; Public health; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sentinel Surveillance; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveillance systems; Trends; United States - epidemiology; Chicago; United States; United States > US; Chicago Illinois

Public health indicators typically used for COVID-19 surveillance can be biased or lag changing community transmission patterns. In this study, we investigate whether sentinel surveillance of recently symptomatic individuals receiving outpatient diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 could accurately ass...