COVID-19
Conditions
Keywords
COVID-19, Corona-like illness, WHO announcement, Survey, IgG
Brief summary
A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. The spread and severity of the disease is variable from one country to another. Our team as well as many reports suggested that in some countries a Flu like illness but much worse was described in October, November and early in December before the WHO announcement. Was it COVID-19?
Interventions
OTHERQuestionnaire
Survey to identify number of people who got unusual severe flu- like illness in last October- November
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTIgG
Measure the past immunity of the disease (if possible)
Sponsors
Assiut University
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
* All subject except excluded group
Exclusion criteria
* subject diagnosed as COVID-19 positive and their contacts
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measure frequency of people suffered from unusual flu-like symptoms before December 2019 | one month | fever, dry cough, dyspnea, malaise, headache |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measure remote immunity for COVID-19 in subject with past history of severe flu before WHO announcement date- if possible | 3 month | serum IgG |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAliae Mohamed-Hussein
Outcome results
None listed