Clinical-epidemiological studies of the first SARS-CoV-2 infections in Cuba

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infecciones, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, clínica, epidemiología, asintomáticas

Abstract

Introduction: The world faces COVID-19, an emerging infectious disease of a pandemic nature, produced by a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2; this pandemic constitutes a challenge for health systems, which requires improving their capacity to detect cases and the analysis of the information. It is necessary to know and answer questions that would lead to take appropriate behaviors to control it. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with the total of people confirmed to be infected by SARS-CoV-2 admitted to the IPK and Havana from March to June 2020. Results and discussion: The mean age of 50.6 years and male sex were the most representative ones; 17.5% were health workers, and 44.4% had concomitant diseases. The symptomatic form of the infection prevailed, with cough and fever predominating. Asymptomatic infection in Havana represented 58%. There was a greater probability of presenting symptomatic forms of the infection in those over 60 years of age. Most of the primary infected cases did not transmit; 12 people behaved as super dispersers and there was less contagion capacity in asymptomatic patients. It is concluded that the knowledge about the impact that SARS-CoV-2 would have on Cuban health with the first cases diagnosed and its presentation at this stage helped timely decision-making.

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Niurka Molina Águila, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri

Investigadora del Departamento de Epidemiologia

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Published

2023-01-01

How to Cite

Molina Águila, N., Cruz Rodríguez, E., Baldoquín Rodríguez, W., Galindo Santana, B. M., González Gross, T. M., Morgado Vega, I., & Olivera Nodarse, Y. (2023). Clinical-epidemiological studies of the first SARS-CoV-2 infections in Cuba. Anales De La Academia De Ciencias De Cuba, 13(1), e1254. Retrieved from https://revistaccuba.sld.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/1254

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): enero-marzo

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Biomedical sciences

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