id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-330387-7lci44w5 Bird, Paul High SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in respiratory staff nurses and correlation of COVID-19 symptom patterns with PCR positivity and relative viral loads 2020-06-18 .txt text/plain 1294 82 59 title: High SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in respiratory staff nurses and correlation of COVID-19 symptom patterns with PCR positivity and relative viral loads Similarly, another study from Leicester, UK compared hospitalised and community patient SARS-CoV-2 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) positivity rates with that of staff, 2 but again, did not assess which staff groups or clinical specialties were at most risk of acquiring COVID-19. In addition, we compared the SARS-CoV-2 PCR positivity rate against ethnicity for both the HCW and household contacts combined (Fig. 1C) . 8 We then compared the SARS-CoV-2 PCR positivity rates against various demographic parameters, ethnicity and symptom patterns in both the HCWs and household contacts (n=47, Table 1 ). In summary, we have compared the SARS-CoV-2 PCR positivity rates in this HCW and household contact cohort, across different clinical roles and specialties, ethnic groups, and explored the correlation between their symptom patterns and swab viral loads. ./cache/cord-330387-7lci44w5.txt ./txt/cord-330387-7lci44w5.txt