Base protocol for real time active random surveillance of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – Adapting veterinary methodology to public health
Alessandro Foddai, Juan Lubroth, Johanne Ellis‐Iversen
Abstract
The pandemic of new coronavirus disease COVID-19 is threatening our health, economy and life style. Collaborations across countries and sectors as a One Health World could be a milestone. We propose a general protocol, for setting timely active random surveillance of COVID-19, at the human community level, with systematic repeated detection efforts. Strengths and limitations are discussed. If considered applicable by public health, the protocol could evaluate the status of COVID-19 epidemics consistently and objectively.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicPublic healthProtocol (science)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MilestoneCoronavirusDisease surveillancePublic health surveillance2019-20 coronavirus outbreakOne HealthEnvironmental healthDiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)GeographyVirologyOutbreakAlternative medicineNursingPathologyArchaeologySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchZoonotic diseases and public healthAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology