Early Detection of Covid-19 through a Citywide Pandemic Surveillance Platform
Helen Y. Chu, Janet A. Englund, Lea M. Starita, Michael Famulare, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Amanda Adler, Kirsten Lacombe, Ashley E. Kim, Chelsey Graham, Jennifer K. Logue, Caitlin R. Wolf, Jessica Heimonen, Denise J. McCulloch, Peter D. Han, Thomas R. Sibley, Jover Lee, Misja Ilcisin, Kairsten Fay, Roy Burstein, Beth Martin, Christina M. Lockwood, Matthew Thompson, Barry R. Lutz, Michael L. Jackson, James P. Hughes, Michael Boeckh, Jay Shendure, Trevor Bedford
Abstract
Detection of Covid-19 through a Citywide Surveillance Platform The Seattle Flu study, initiated in 2018, mailed kits for home collection of midnasal swabs to people reporting respiratory symptoms. ...
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineMedical emergencyVirologyEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakInternal medicineDiseaseCOVID-19 diagnosis using AICOVID-19 epidemiological studiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research