Screening for COVID-19 in Asymptomatic Patients With Cancer in a Hospital in the United Arab Emirates

JAMA Oncol. 2020 Oct 1;6(10):1627-1628. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2548.

Abstract

This case series examines the results of implementing a universal microbiologic screening strategy for asymptomatic patients with cancer for coronavirus disease 2019 at 1 institution in the United Arab Emirates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Early Detection of Cancer*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / virology
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United Arab Emirates / epidemiology