Selected article for: "clinical surveillance and contact tracing"

Author: Ahmed, Mohammed A.M.; Colebunders, Robert; Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson
Title: Evidence for important COVID-19 community transmission in Somalia using a clinical case definition
  • Cord-id: nb9cxutt
  • Document date: 2020_6_25
  • ID: nb9cxutt
    Snippet: • 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.
    Document: • 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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