Official Title
COVID-19-Like Illness: Did we Have Unusual Severe Respiratory Tract Infections October-December 2019 Before WHO Announcement ?
Brief Summary

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?

Unknown status
COVID-19

Other: Questionnaire

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

Diagnostic Test: IgG

Measure the past immunity of the disease (if possible)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All subject except excluded group

Exclusion Criteria:

- subject diagnosed as COVID-19 positive and their contacts

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 8 Years ~ Maximum: 80 Years
Countries
Egypt
Locations

AssiutU
Assiut, Egypt

Investigator: Aliae AR Mohamed-Hussein
Contact: +201222302352
aliaehussein@gmail.com

Contacts

Aliae Mohamed-Hussein
01222302352
aliaehussein@aun.edu.eg

Assiut University
NCT Number
Keywords
Covid-19
Corona-like illness
WHO announcement
Survey
IgG
MeSH Terms
COVID-19