Six potential COVID-19 strains identified
24 July 2020 11:18 am
Source : World Economic Forum
A research conducted by King’s College London has identified six possible sub-divisions of COVID-19, using machine learning to analyze data from a symptom-tracking app.
These findings - from a pre-print paper not yet peer-reviewed - reflect how the thinking regarding the disease is evolving and how technologies are being leveraged to fight the disease.
Their six suggested clusters include :
1. Flu-like with no fever: Headache, loss of smell, muscle pains, cough, sore throat, chest pain, no fever.
2. Flu-like with fever: Headache, loss of smell, cough, sore throat, hoarseness, fever, loss of appetite.
3. Gastrointestinal: Headache, loss of smell, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, sore throat, chest pain, no cough.
4. Severe level one, fatigue: Headache, loss of smell, cough, fever, hoarseness, chest pain, fatigue.
5. Severe level two, confusion: Headache, loss of smell, loss of appetite, cough, fever, hoarseness, sore throat, chest pain, fatigue, confusion, muscle pain.
6. Severe level three, abdominal and respiratory: Headache, loss of smell, loss of appetite, cough, fever, hoarseness, sore throat, chest pain, fatigue, confusion, muscle pain, shortness of breath, diarrhoea, abdominal pain.