Corona-Like Illness: Did we Got it Before WHO Announcement of the Disease?

Assiut University100 enrolled

Overview

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?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

QuestionnaireOTHER

Survey to identify number of people who got unusual severe flu- like illness in last October- November

IgGDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Measure the past immunity of the disease (if possible)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All subject except excluded group Exclusion Criteria: * subject diagnosed as COVID-19 positive and their contacts

Locations (1)

AssiutU

Asyut, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measure frequency of people suffered from unusual flu-like symptoms before December 2019

fever, dry cough, dyspnea, malaise, headache

Time frame: one month

Secondary Outcomes

Measure remote immunity for COVID-19 in subject with past history of severe flu before WHO announcement date- if possible

serum IgG

Time frame: 3 month

Central Contacts

Aliae Mohamed-Hussein

CONTACT

01222302352 aliaehussein@aun.edu.eg

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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