Assessing the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: a national derivation and validation cohort study

• Jack Gibson,
• Chidiebere Ezeokafor,
• Puja Myles,
• Tochi Okwor,
• Kelly Osezele Elimian,
• Chinwe Lucia Ochu,
• Blessing Ebhodaghe,
• Ehimario Igumbor,
• Chioma Dan-Nwafor,
• William Nwachukwu,
• Nwando Mba,
• Elsie Ilori,
• Giulia Gaudenzi,
• Adebola Olayinka,
• Habib Garba Zaiyad,
• Cornelius Ohonsi,
• Ismail Adeshina Abdus-salam,
• Olanrewaju Falodun,
• Chinedu Arinze,
• Abubakar Jafiya,
• Anastacia Ojimba,
• John Tunde Aremu,
• Emmanuel Joseph,
• Abimbola Bowale,
• Bamidele Mutiu,
• Babatunde Saka,
• Arisekola Jinadu,
• Khadeejah Hamza,
• Christian Ibeh,
• Shaibu Bello,
• Michael Asuzu

Affiliations

Jack Gibson

Division of Epidemiology & Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Chidiebere Ezeokafor

1National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Resource Mobilization and Performance Management, ABUJA, Nigeria

Puja Myles

head of observational research

Tochi Okwor

Prevention, Programmes and Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Kelly Osezele Elimian

Prevention, Programme and Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Chinwe Lucia Ochu

Prevention, Programmes and Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Blessing Ebhodaghe

Prevention, Programmes and Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Ehimario Igumbor

Prevention, Programme and Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Chioma Dan-Nwafor

Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

William Nwachukwu

Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

Nwando Mba

Public Health Laboratory Services, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Elsie Ilori

Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

Giulia Gaudenzi

2 Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Adebola Olayinka

4 World Health Organization, Abuja, Nigeria

Habib Garba Zaiyad

5 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Cornelius Ohonsi

1 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Ismail Adeshina Abdus-salam

6 Lagos State Ministry of Health, Ikeja, Nigeria

Olanrewaju Falodun

8 Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

Chinedu Arinze

1 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Abubakar Jafiya

1 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Anastacia Ojimba

10 Federal Medical Centre Asaba, Asaba, Nigeria

John Tunde Aremu

11 Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Gombe, Nigeria

Emmanuel Joseph

12 Kaduna State Infectious Disease Control Center Community Medicine, Kaduna, Nigeria

Abimbola Bowale

13 Mainland Hospital Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Bamidele Mutiu

14 Ministry of Health, Lagos, Nigeria

Babatunde Saka

15 Lagos State Government Ministry of Health, Ikeja, Nigeria

Arisekola Jinadu

1 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

Khadeejah Hamza

16 Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Christian Ibeh

17 Department of Community Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria

Shaibu Bello

18 Department of Medical Education, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

Michael Asuzu

19 Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria