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The clinical and demographical profile of Coronavirus illness: The tale of Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen in Quarantine / Isolation center at Sukkur and Hyderabad.
Ujjan, Ikram Din; Devrajani, Bikha Ram; Ghanghro, Akbar Ali; Shah, Syed Zulfiquar Ali.
  • Ujjan ID; Prof. Ikram Din Ujjan, Department of Pathology, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
  • Devrajani BR; Prof. Bikha Ram Devrajani Department of Medicine, LUMHS, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
  • Ghanghro AA; Akbar Ali Ghanghro Field Epidemiologist / National Stop Transmission of Polio Program in Pakistan, (CDC-USA, WHO and MOH funded program) LUMHS, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
  • Shah SZA; Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine LUMHS, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci ; 36(COVID19-S4): S12-S16, 2020 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1726844
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To determine the clinical and demographical profile of corona-virus illness among Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen kept in quarantine / isolation center at Sukkur and Hyderabad Sindh.

METHODS:

The cross-sectional descriptive study (late March-2020 to mid of April-2020) was conducted at Diagnostic & Research Laboratory LUMHS Jamshoro / Hyderabad. All the suspected cases for COVID-19 were recruited and screened for corona virus infection. The study explored the data of the suspected and diagnosed (confirmed) case of COVID-2019 (Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen) reported by Diagnostic Research Laboratory Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro who belonged to various parts of the country in general and province Sindh in particular. All the individuals regardless of age and gender presented either as asymptomatic, critical ill or having non-specific symptoms as fever, flu, cough; sore throat and shortness of breath were screened for COVID-19 by real time PCR after taking informed consent whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables.

RESULTS:

During study period total 920 patients were explored and screened for Corona virus infection. The mean ± SD for age (yrs) of overall population of city Sukkur and Hyderabad was 57.83±8.84 and 59.62±9.72 respectively. The 700 people from Sukkur city was screened and out of them 276 (39.4%) were positive and 424 (60.5) were negative while the cure rate was 245 (88.7%) along with mean ± SD for recovery time was 9.41±2.97. The 220 people from Hyderabad city was screened and out of them 106 (48.1%) were positive and 114 (51.8%) were negative while the cure rate was 106 (100%) along with mean ± SD for recovery time was 11.54±3.42. The majority of cases at both centers were asymptomatic (90%), symptomatic (7%) and critically ill (3%). The mortality accounted for 2.8% cases at Hyderabad isolation center and all were having smoking history and co-morbidities as ischemic heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, obstructive lung disease and cerebrovascular accident whereas no mortality was observed at Sukkur isolation center.

CONCLUSION:

RT-PCR measure allowed fast, delicate, and explicit discovery of SARS-CoV in biochemical diagnosis. The majority of cases at both centers were asymptomatic while the mortality was identified in 2.8% cases (having co-morbidities) at Hyderabad isolation center whereas no mortality was observed at Sukkur isolation center.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid Language: English Journal: Pak J Med Sci Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2829

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid Language: English Journal: Pak J Med Sci Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2829