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TitleUsing the COVID-19 to influenza ratio to estimate the numbers of symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Wuhan prior to the lockdown
Authors
Du, ZCowling, BJMeyers, LA
Issue Date2020
Citation
medRxiv, 2020, article no. 2020.04.26.20075937 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.26.20075937
AbstractA recent study tested 45 throat swabs taken from adults over age 30 who sought outpatient care at one of two central Wuhan hospitals for influenza-like-illness between December 30, 2019 and January 19, 2020. Although none were confirmed COVID-19 cases, nine retrospectively tested positive for the virus. Using the fact that Wuhan has 393 other hospitals, we extrapolate the total number of undetected cases of symptomatic COVID-19 in adults during this period. we estimate that there were 5,558 [95% CI: 2,761-9,864] adults with symptomatic COVID-19 infections in Wuhan between December 30th and January 19th, 2020.
DescriptionThis article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.
Published in EClinicalMedicine, 2020, v. 26, article no. 100479. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100479
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291206
PubMed Central ID
PMC7276025

 

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dc.contributor.authorCowling, BJ-
dc.contributor.authorMeyers, LA-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-07T13:53:47Z-
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dc.identifier.citationmedRxiv, 2020, article no. 2020.04.26.20075937-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291206-
dc.descriptionThis article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.-
dc.descriptionPublished in EClinicalMedicine, 2020, v. 26, article no. 100479. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100479-
dc.description.abstractA recent study tested 45 throat swabs taken from adults over age 30 who sought outpatient care at one of two central Wuhan hospitals for influenza-like-illness between December 30, 2019 and January 19, 2020. Although none were confirmed COVID-19 cases, nine retrospectively tested positive for the virus. Using the fact that Wuhan has 393 other hospitals, we extrapolate the total number of undetected cases of symptomatic COVID-19 in adults during this period. we estimate that there were 5,558 [95% CI: 2,761-9,864] adults with symptomatic COVID-19 infections in Wuhan between December 30th and January 19th, 2020.-
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dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleUsing the COVID-19 to influenza ratio to estimate the numbers of symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Wuhan prior to the lockdown-
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dc.identifier.emailDu, Z: zwdu@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailCowling, BJ: bcowling@hku.hk-
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