April 3, 2020

Rapid Sentinel Surveillance for COVID-19 — Santa Clara County, California, March 2020

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

• Local health departments can potentially use sentinel surveillance to understand the level of community transmission of COVID-19 and better guide the selection and implementation of community mitigation measures; as demonstrated by Santa Clara County, CA. 

Zwald et al. (Apr 3, 2020). Rapid Sentinel Surveillance for COVID-19 — Santa Clara County, California, March 2020. MMWR. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6914e3external