Reconstructing the early global dynamics of under-ascertained COVID-19 cases and infections

Reconstructing the early global dynamics of under-ascertained COVID-19 cases and infections

Abstract Background Asymptomatic or subclinical SARS-CoV-2 infections are often unreported, which means that confirmed case counts may not accurately reflect underlying epidemic dynamics. Understanding the level of ascertainment (the ratio of confirmed symptomatic cases to the true number of symptom...

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Main Authors: Timothy W. Russell, Nick Golding, Joel Hellewell, Sam Abbott, Lawrence Wright, Carl A. B. Pearson, Kevin van Zandvoort, Christopher I. Jarvis, Hamish Gibbs, Yang Liu, Rosalind M. Eggo, W. John Edmunds, Adam J. Kucharski, on behalf of the CMMID COVID-19 working group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Case ascertainment
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Surveillance
Under-reporting
Situational awareness
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01790-9

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