Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar's primary care population aged 10 years and above.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an urgent need to elucidate the epidemiology of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) and characterize its potential impact. Investing in characterising the SARS-CoV2 will help plan and improve the response to the pandemic. Furthermore, it will help identify the most efficient ways of managing the pandemic, avoiding public health policies and interventions that may be unduly restrictive of normal activity or unnecessarily costly. This paper describes the design and reports findings of a population based epidemiological study undertaken to characterise SARS-CoV2 in Qatar using limited resources in a timely manner.

Methods

Asymptomatic individuals ≥10 years registered with Qatar's publicly funded primary health provider were eligib

SUBMITTER: Syed MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256211 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature