A total of 2,618,862 participants reported their potential symptoms of COVID-19 on a smartphone-based app. Among the 18,401 who had undergone a SARS-CoV-2 test, the proportion of participants who reported loss of smell and taste was higher in those with a positive test result (4,668 of 7,178 individuals; 65.03%) than in those with a negative test result (2,436 of 11,223 participants; 21.71%) (odds ratio = 6.74; 95% confidence interval = 6.31–7.21). A model combining symptoms to predict probable infection was applied to the data from all app users who reported symptoms (805,753) and predicted that 140,312 (17.42%) participants are likely to have COVID-19.

Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19

Visconti A.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

A total of 2,618,862 participants reported their potential symptoms of COVID-19 on a smartphone-based app. Among the 18,401 who had undergone a SARS-CoV-2 test, the proportion of participants who reported loss of smell and taste was higher in those with a positive test result (4,668 of 7,178 individuals; 65.03%) than in those with a negative test result (2,436 of 11,223 participants; 21.71%) (odds ratio = 6.74; 95% confidence interval = 6.31–7.21). A model combining symptoms to predict probable infection was applied to the data from all app users who reported symptoms (805,753) and predicted that 140,312 (17.42%) participants are likely to have COVID-19.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0916-2
Menni C.; Valdes A.M.; Freidin M.B.; Sudre C.H.; Nguyen L.H.; Drew D.A.; Ganesh S.; Varsavsky T.; Cardoso M.J.; El-Sayed Moustafa J.S.; Visconti A.; Hysi P.; Bowyer R.C.E.; Mangino M.; Falchi M.; Wolf J.; Ourselin S.; Chan A.T.; Steves C.J.; Spector T.D.
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