• Turk J Med Sci · Apr 2020

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

    • Eskild Petersen and Deniz Gökengin.
    • ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force, European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Basel, Switzerland
    • Turk J Med Sci. 2020 Apr 21; 50 (SI-1): 509514509-514.

    Background/AimCoronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a pandemic spreading in most countries including Turkey.Materials And MethodsThe 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionTurkey is early in the outbreak. Different control strategies are available with South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore being models to follow.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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