Corona-Like Illness: Did we Got it Before WHO Announcement of the Disease?

• Conditions: COVID-19

• Registration Number: NCT04336657
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

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?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study Start: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-03
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-07
• Primary Completion: 2020-05
• Study Completion: 2020-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• All subject except excluded group

Exclusion Criteria

• subject diagnosed as COVID-19 positive and their contacts

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure frequency of people suffered from unusual flu-like symptoms before December 2019	one month	fever, dry cough, dyspnea, malaise, headache

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure remote immunity for COVID-19 in subject with past history of severe flu before WHO announcement date- if possible	3 month	serum IgG

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AssiutU; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt