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{{Short description|Health care patient classification}}
A '''patient under investigation''' (or a person under investigation) refers to a person who had been in close contact with a person with confirmed infection or/and may have been to place where there is an [[Medicine:Disease outbreak|outbreak]] or [[Biology:Superspreading event|superspreading event]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/925926|title=CDC Broadens 'Person Under Investigation' Definition for COVID-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guidelines for Evaluating and Testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus (CDC)|url=https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=229341|date=26 March 2020|publisher=MedicineNet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pimentel to DOJ: I was not a PUI when I went to Makati Med|url=https://rappler.com/nation/pimentel-says-he-was-not-pui-when-he-went-makati-medical-center|access-date=18 July 2020|website=Rappler|date=16 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> This person exhibits the symptoms of the disease and is required to be tested, and undergo a [[Medicine:Quarantine|quarantine]] or [[Medicine:Isolation (health care)|isolation]] while waiting for the laboratory results.<ref>{{cite web |last=Modesto|first=Catherine|title=How COVID-19 testing is conducted in PH
|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/3/20/coronavirus-testing-in-philippines.html|publisher=CNN Philippines|date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Center for Disease Control Patient Under Investigation Definition|url=https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Health-Readiness/Pandemic-Diseases/MERS-CoV/Patient-Under-Investigation-Definition|publisher=Military Health System}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnx.news/covid19/the-covid-19-saga-pum-vs-pui-whats-in-a-word/ |title=The CoviD 19 Saga: PUM vs PUI, what's in a Word?|first=Austin |last=Salameda |date=24 March 2020|publisher=Digital News Exchange}}</ref> It is a term used by health care workers in classifying patients during evaluation and testing in [[Medicine:Contact tracing|contact tracing]] in times of infectious disease [[Medicine:Disease outbreak|outbreaks]].<ref name="CDC definition">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html |title=Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/interim-guidance.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2Fmers%2Fcase-def.html |title=Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals |date=2 August 2019 |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{annotated link|Medicine:Disease surveillance}}
* {{annotated link|Medicine:Infection control}}
* {{annotated link|Social:Pandemic prevention}}
* {{annotated link|Medicine:Social distancing}}
* {{annotated link|Medicine:Super-spreader}}
* {{annotated link|Medicine:Transmission|Transmission}}
* {{annotated link|Social:Triage}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/clinicians/evaluating-patients/think-ebola.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's When Caring for Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) or Patients with Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)]
* [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/pui-form.pdf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Human Infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form]
* [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-criteria.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)]
* [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/mers/MERS_CaseDefinitions.pdf Illinois Department of Public Health's Case Definitions for MERS-CoV Patient Under Investigation (PUI)]
* [https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.8.2000170 Eurosurveillance's Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020]

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