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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
Materias:	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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