SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rate for Latinos in the Baltimore-Washington, DC Region

JAMA. 2020 Jul 28;324(4):392-395. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.11374.

Abstract

This study characterizes the trends in rates of SARS-CoV-2 positive test results among individuals in the Baltimore–Washington, DC area by self-reported race/ethnicity.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Baltimore / epidemiology
  • Baltimore / ethnology
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • Black People / statistics & numerical data
  • Black or African American
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / statistics & numerical data
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / ethnology*
  • District of Columbia / epidemiology
  • District of Columbia / ethnology
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / ethnology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Time Factors
  • White People / statistics & numerical data
  • Young Adult