Respiratory illness of unknown cause as an early signal of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Rosalie Chen (Author), Mohana Kunasekaran (Author), Aye Moa (Author), Samsung Lim (Author), Abrar Chughtai (Author), Elizabeth Kpozehouen (Author), Xin Chen (Author), Ashley Quigley (Author), C Raina MacIntyre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of New South Wales, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: As the COVID-19 pandemic began, cases of respiratory illness of unknown cause could have presented early disease signals. The detection of such signals can provide useful clues regarding disease emergence and opportunities for early outbreak control. This study assessed trends in the glo...