Revisiting the guidelines for ending isolation for COVID-19 patients.
Elife
; 102021 07 27.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34311842
ABSTRACT
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, two mainstream guidelines for defining when to end the isolation of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals have been in use the one-size-fits-all approach (i.e. patients are isolated for a fixed number of days) and the personalized approach (i.e. based on repeated testing of isolated patients). We use a mathematical framework to model within-host viral dynamics and test different criteria for ending isolation. By considering a fixed time of 10 days since symptom onset as the criterion for ending isolation, we estimated that the risk of releasing an individual who is still infectious is low (0-6.6%). However, this policy entails lengthy unnecessary isolations (4.8-8.3 days). In contrast, by using a personalized strategy, similar low risks can be reached with shorter prolonged isolations. The obtained findings provide a scientific rationale for policies on ending the isolation of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals.
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Isolamento de Pacientes
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Quarentena
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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article