Epidemiological characterization of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and positivity in subsequent RT-PCR tests in the United Arab Emirates

• Rami H. Al-Rifai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rrifai@uaeu.ac.ae

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-0353

  ⨯
• Juan Acuna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  ⨯
• Farida Ismail Al Hossany,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  ⨯
• Bashir Aden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  ⨯
• Shamma Abdullah Al Memari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  ⨯
• Shereena Khamis Al Mazrouei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  ⨯
• Luai A. Ahmed

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-8212

  ⨯