Underreporting COVID-19: the curious case of the Indian subcontinent
| Autor: | Biswas, Raaj Kishore, Afiaz, Awan, Huq, Samin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Research Report
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epidemiology Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral Globe Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bias Development economics medicine Humans health system 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics underreporting SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 030503 health policy & services COVID-19 Opinions – For Debate Indian subcontinent Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Geography Data quality Data validity Coronavirus Infections 0305 other medical science |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0950268820002095 |
| Popis: | COVID-19 has spread across the globe with higher burden placed in Europe and North America. However, the rate of transmission has recently picked up in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in the Indian subcontinent. There is a severe underreporting bias in the existing data available from these countries mostly due to the limitation of resources and accessibility. Most studies comparing cross-country cases or fatalities could fail to account for this systematic bias and reach erroneous conclusions. This paper provides several recommendations on how to effectively tackle these issues regarding data quality, test coverage and case counts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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