Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of COVID-19 Disease in Sandino Municipality, year 2020.
Revista Cubana de Salud Publica
; 49(1) (no pagination), 2023.
Article
in Spanish
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2305230
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 due to its complexity and rapid global expansion. Sandino municipality presented its first positive case on October 6, 2020. Objective(s) To characterize the clinical-epidemiological behavior of COVID-19 in Sandino municipality, in 2020. Method(s) A descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted from March 11 to December 31, 2020. With the information obtained from clinical-epidemiological records, virological results, home and work screening, care for acute respiratory infections in clinics and polyclinics, and the daily reports of the Municipal Health Directorate, a statistical analysis was carried out whose information was inserted in an Excel database. Result(s) The incidence rate was 528.23 per 100 000 population;no deaths. Most of the cases occurred in the city of Sandino. There was a higher frequency of patients in the ages from 41 and 60, and the male sex;while 55.73 % were asymptomatic at diagnosis. The most common symptoms were cough, fever and nasal congestion. Between one and 13 cases per day were diagnosed during the 63 days that there was positivity. Family transmission was 68.23 % and occupational transmission was 50.52 % of cases. Conclusion(s) COVID-19 had a high incidence in Sandino municipality, and this predominated in places with higher population density with intense family and work transmission in a short period of time;also, in the male sex, the age group in working ages, and in the asymptomatic patients.Copyright © 2023, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
coronavirus infection; covid-19; Cuba; epidemiology; primary health care; SARS-CoV-2 virus; adult; article; clinical article; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; coughing; cross-sectional study; female; fever; groups by age; human; incidence; male; nonhuman; nose obstruction; population density; respiratory tract infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Database:
EMBASE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Revista Cubana de Salud Publica
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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