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Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020

INTRODUCTION: Sources describing the global burden of emerging diseases accurately are still limited. We reviewed coronavirus infections reported by ProMED and assessed the reliability of the data retrieved compared to published reports. We evaluated the effectiveness of ProMED as a source of epidem...

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Autores principales: Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine, Holguin-Rivera, Yeimer, Cortes-Bonilla, Isabella, Cardona-Trujillo, María C., García-Barco, Alejandra, Bedoya-Arias, Hugo A., Rabaan, Ali A., Sah, Ranjit, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32036011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101575
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author Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
Holguin-Rivera, Yeimer
Cortes-Bonilla, Isabella
Cardona-Trujillo, María C.
García-Barco, Alejandra
Bedoya-Arias, Hugo A.
Rabaan, Ali A.
Sah, Ranjit
Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
author_facet Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
Holguin-Rivera, Yeimer
Cortes-Bonilla, Isabella
Cardona-Trujillo, María C.
García-Barco, Alejandra
Bedoya-Arias, Hugo A.
Rabaan, Ali A.
Sah, Ranjit
Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
author_sort Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
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description INTRODUCTION: Sources describing the global burden of emerging diseases accurately are still limited. We reviewed coronavirus infections reported by ProMED and assessed the reliability of the data retrieved compared to published reports. We evaluated the effectiveness of ProMED as a source of epidemiological data on coronavirus. METHODS: Using the keyword “coronavirus” in the ProMED search engine, we reviewed all the information from the reports and collected data using a structured form, including year, country, gender, occupation, the number of infected individuals, and the number of fatal cases. RESULTS: We identified 109 entries reported between February 29, 2000 and January 22, 2020. A total of 966 cases were reported, with death reported in 188 cases, suggesting an overall case fatality rate (CFR) of 19.5%. Of 70 cases for which the gender was reported, 47 (67.1%) were male. Most of the cases were reported from China, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, with reports from other countries, including imported cases in Europe and North America. CONCLUSIONS: Internet-based reporting systems such as ProMED are useful to gather information and synthesize knowledge on emerging infections. Although certain areas need to be improved, ProMED provided useful information about coronaviruses especially during outbreaks.
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spelling pubmed-71025642020-03-31 Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020 Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine Holguin-Rivera, Yeimer Cortes-Bonilla, Isabella Cardona-Trujillo, María C. García-Barco, Alejandra Bedoya-Arias, Hugo A. Rabaan, Ali A. Sah, Ranjit Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. Travel Med Infect Dis Article INTRODUCTION: Sources describing the global burden of emerging diseases accurately are still limited. We reviewed coronavirus infections reported by ProMED and assessed the reliability of the data retrieved compared to published reports. We evaluated the effectiveness of ProMED as a source of epidemiological data on coronavirus. METHODS: Using the keyword “coronavirus” in the ProMED search engine, we reviewed all the information from the reports and collected data using a structured form, including year, country, gender, occupation, the number of infected individuals, and the number of fatal cases. RESULTS: We identified 109 entries reported between February 29, 2000 and January 22, 2020. A total of 966 cases were reported, with death reported in 188 cases, suggesting an overall case fatality rate (CFR) of 19.5%. Of 70 cases for which the gender was reported, 47 (67.1%) were male. Most of the cases were reported from China, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, with reports from other countries, including imported cases in Europe and North America. CONCLUSIONS: Internet-based reporting systems such as ProMED are useful to gather information and synthesize knowledge on emerging infections. Although certain areas need to be improved, ProMED provided useful information about coronaviruses especially during outbreaks. Elsevier Ltd. 2020 2020-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7102564/ /pubmed/32036011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101575 Text en © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Holguin-Rivera, Yeimer
Cortes-Bonilla, Isabella
Cardona-Trujillo, María C.
García-Barco, Alejandra
Bedoya-Arias, Hugo A.
Rabaan, Ali A.
Sah, Ranjit
Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020
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title_full Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020
title_fullStr Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020
title_full_unstemmed Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020
title_short Coronavirus infections reported by ProMED, February 2000–January 2020
title_sort coronavirus infections reported by promed, february 2000–january 2020
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32036011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101575
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