https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/60a4b0e4cf5dcfa60868a8892c4518aa.pdf 36d6f5a3e5e8bb566ac79800eb87289e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Severe acute respiratory illness surveillance for coronavirus disease 2019, India, 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Raman R. Gangakhedkar, Balram Bhargava, Manoj Murhekar, Sidhartha Giri, Himanshu Chauhan, Ira Praharaj, Nivedita Gupta, Tarun Bhatnagar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Sanket Kulkarni, Sujeet Singh, ICMR COVID Team Description An account of the resource Background & objectives: Sentinel surveillance among severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) patients can help identify the spread and extent of transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARI surveillance was initiated in the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in India. We describe here the positivity for COVID-19 among SARI patients and their characteristics. Methods: SARI patients admitted at 41 sentinel sites from February 15, 2020 onwards were tested for COVID-19 by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, targeting E and RdRp genes of SARS-CoV-2. Data were extracted from Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory Network for analysis. Results: A total of 104 (1.8%) of the 5,911 SARI patients tested were positive for COVID-19. These cases were reported from 52 districts in 20 States/Union Territories. The COVID-19 positivity was higher among males and patients aged above 50 years. In all, 40 (39.2%) COVID-19 cases did not report any history of contact with a known case or international travel. Interpretation & conclusions: COVID-19 containment activities need to be targeted in districts reporting COVID-19 cases among SARI patients. Intensifying sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 among SARI patients may be an efficient tool to effectively use resources towards containment and mitigation efforts. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource containment - covid-19 - sari - sentinel - surveillance Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1035_20 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Medical Research Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Medicine