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Severe acute respiratory illness surveillance for coronavirus disease 2019, India, 2020

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Sentinel surveillance among severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) patients can help identify the spread and extent of transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARI surveillance was initiated in the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in India. We describe...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Nivedita, Praharaj, Ira, Bhatnagar, Tarun, Vivian Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley, Giri, Sidhartha, Chauhan, Himanshu, Kulkarni, Sanket, Murhekar, Manoj, Singh, Sujeet, Gangakhedkar, Raman R., Bhargava, Balram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32362647
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1035_20
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Sumario:BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Sentinel surveillance among severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) patients can help identify the spread and extent of transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARI surveillance was initiated in the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in India. We describe here the positivity for COVID-19 among SARI patients and their characteristics. METHODS: SARI patients admitted at 41 sentinel sites from February 15, 2020 onwards were tested for COVID-19 by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, targeting E and RdRp genes of SARS-CoV-2. Data were extracted from Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory Network for analysis. RESULTS: A total of 104 (1.8%) of the 5,911 SARI patients tested were positive for COVID-19. These cases were reported from 52 districts in 20 States/Union Territories. The COVID-19 positivity was higher among males and patients aged above 50 years. In all, 40 (39.2%) COVID-19 cases did not report any history of contact with a known case or international travel. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 containment activities need to be targeted in districts reporting COVID-19 cases among SARI patients. Intensifying sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 among SARI patients may be an efficient tool to effectively use resources towards containment and mitigation efforts.