Early Detection of Covid-19 through a Citywide Pandemic Surveillance Platform

Early Detection of Covid-19 through a Citywide Pandemic Surveillance Platform

The Seattle Flu study, initiated in 2018, mailed kits for home collection of midnasal swabs to people reporting respiratory symptoms. From January 1 through March 9, 2020, specimens from 2,353 people were also tested for SARS-CoV-2; 25 (1.1%) tested positive. A specimen collected on February 24, 202...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2020-07, Vol.383 (2), p.185-187
Hauptverfasser: Chu, Helen Y, Englund, Janet A, Starita, Lea M, Famulare, Michael, Brandstetter, Elisabeth, Nickerson, Deborah A, Rieder, Mark J, Adler, Amanda, Lacombe, Kirsten, Kim, Ashley E, Graham, Chelsey, Logue, Jennifer, Wolf, Caitlin R, Heimonen, Jessica, McCulloch, Denise J, Han, Peter D, Sibley, Thomas R, Lee, Jover, Ilcisin, Misja, Fay, Kairsten, Burstein, Roy, Martin, Beth, Lockwood, Christina M, Thompson, Matthew, Lutz, Barry, Jackson, Michael, Hughes, James P, Boeckh, Michael, Shendure, Jay, Bedford, Trevor
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Sprache:eng
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Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemiological Monitoring
Humans
Pandemics
Pathogens
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Public health
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Viruses
Washington
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Zusammenfassung:The Seattle Flu study, initiated in 2018, mailed kits for home collection of midnasal swabs to people reporting respiratory symptoms. From January 1 through March 9, 2020, specimens from 2,353 people were also tested for SARS-CoV-2; 25 (1.1%) tested positive. A specimen collected on February 24, 2020, was the first documented U.S. case of community transmission at the time.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2008646