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. 2020 Sep:98:206-207.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.068. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

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

Mohammed A M Ahmed  1 , Robert Colebunders  2 , Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo  3
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Evidence for significant COVID-19 community transmission in Somalia using a clinical case definition

Mohammed A M Ahmed et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

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    Current COVID-19 surveillance strategies, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), may be underestimating the real burden of the disease.

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    A clinical definition taking into account anosmia as a diagnostic symptom increases the sensitivity of the WHO clinical definition.

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    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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