Evidence for significant COVID-19 community transmission in Somalia using a clinical case definition

• Current COVID-19 surveillance strategies, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), may be underestimating the real burden of the disease. • A clinical definition taking into account anosmia as a diagnostic symptom increases the sensitivity of the WHO clinical definition. • The propos...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Mohammed A.M., Colebunders, Robert, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7315965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32593624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.068
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Sumario:• Current COVID-19 surveillance strategies, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), may be underestimating the real burden of the disease. • A clinical definition taking into account anosmia as a diagnostic symptom increases the sensitivity of the WHO clinical definition. • The proposed clinical definition can complement existing COVID-19 surveillance measures particularly in resource-poor settings where testing and contact tracing capacities are limited.

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