id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-311105-8edwb59c Karamese, M. The Prevalence of RT-PCR Positivity of SARS-CoV-2 on 10,000 Patients from Three Cities Located on the Eastern of Turkey 2020-06-26 .txt text/plain 1386 85 62 title: The Prevalence of RT-PCR Positivity of SARS-CoV-2 on 10,000 Patients from Three Cities Located on the Eastern of Turkey The epidemiologic studies should be performed about the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection to better understand the effect of the virus all over the world. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed RT-PCR results of 10,000 cases from April 2 to May 30, 2020 in Kars, Iğdır, and Ardahan cities that are located on the Eastern of Turkey. All the cases were suspected of SARS-CoV-2 infection because of the symptoms or close contact with a COVID-19 patient. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.25.20138131 doi: medRxiv preprint that are located on the Eastern of Turkey; however, 7853 cases were evaluated who had typical respiratory infection symptoms such as fever, cough and shortness of breath, or close contact with a COVID-19 patient. To our knowledge, this is one of the first epidemiologic study about the RT-PCR positivity of SARS-CoV-2 suspected cases in our country. ./cache/cord-311105-8edwb59c.txt ./txt/cord-311105-8edwb59c.txt