SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology and control, different scenarios for Turkey

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Background/aim: Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a pandemic spreading in most countries including Turkey.

Materials and methods: The current knowledge of COVID-19 and the virus causing it, SARS-CoV-2, was reviewed. The epidemiology and control in different countries was compared and the differences discussed.

Results: The population attack rates and case fatality rates vary from country to country with Lombardy in northern Italy reporting an attack rate in the general population of 0.37% compared to 0.004% in Hong Kong. The differences are caused by different testing strategies and reporting systems.

Conclusion: Turkey is early in the outbreak. Different control strategies are available with South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore being models to follow.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Turkish journal of medical sciences - 50(2020), SI-1 vom: 21. Apr., Seite 509-514

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Petersen, Eskild [VerfasserIn]
Gökengin, Deniz [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
Control
Coronavirus
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Mortality
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.04.2020

Date Revised 13.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3906/sag-2003-260

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308689224