Estimating SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence and detection rates: Demonstrating a novel surveillance method
Leveraging readily available testing data, the introduced method was validated in a real-world setting and has the potential for diverse applications to enhance infectious disease surveillance for both emerging and endemic infections.
Authors
- Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0790-0506)
- Gheyath K. Nasrallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-1038)
- Hadi Mohamad Yassine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-2788)
- Hiam S. Chemaitelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-6968)
- Einas Al‐Kuwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8849-2334)
- Abdullatif Al‐Khal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3737-8253)
- Roberto Bertollini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-9344)
- Mohammad R. Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-7949)
- Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-4750)
- Adeel A. Butt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-1826)
- Ali Nizar Latif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9011-4391)
- Hanan F. Abdul Rahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-5142)
- Houssein H. Ayoub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-6657)
- Hamad Eid Al‐Romaihi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-8499)
- Patrick Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-5484)
- Peter Coyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0819-6103)
- Zaina Al-Kanaani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6002-4310)
- Mohamed H. Al-Thani
- Asmaa A. Al Thani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-3712)
- Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- Ministry of Public Health (QA)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Qatar University (QA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106016
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00