Ahmed Mohammed A M, Colebunders Robert, Siewe Fodjo Joseph Nelson
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia; Uganda Heart Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;98:206-207. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.068. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
• 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.
• 按照世界卫生组织(WHO)的建议,当前的新冠病毒监测策略可能低估了该疾病的实际负担。
• 将嗅觉丧失作为诊断症状的临床定义提高了WHO临床定义的敏感性。
• 所提议的临床定义可补充现有的新冠病毒监测措施,尤其是在检测和接触者追踪能力有限的资源匮乏地区。