IgG positiva en COVID-19 y falencias en normativa peruana: a propósito de un caso

Ortega-Guillén, Eduardo; Meneses, Giovanni

doi:10.35663/amp.2020.374.1823

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“…The international standard for establishing COVID-19 infection is testing that detects the nucleic acid of the virus 13 . However, the diagnostic strategy in Peru is based mainly on rapid antigen tests 14 , although such tests only enable the immune response to infection to be assayed 15 .…”

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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of prisoners infected and deceased by COVID-19, National Penitentiary Institute of Peru, 2020

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Martínez-Álvarez²

2022

Rev Esp Sanid Penit

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Objectives: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of inmates who were infected and died from COVID-19 in Peruvian prisons from April to October 2020. Material and method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study with a secondary data source. All the inmates who were infected and died from COVID-19 in Peruvian prisons during the study period were considered. The information was collected through the validated data collection sheet and was analyzed with descriptive statistics applying the SPSS v26 software. Results: 37,103 (42.3%) inmates were analyzed out of a prison population of 87,754. All of them reactive to the rapid test, with a mean age of 39.9 ± 12.6 years; 95.5% were male. 60.1% were IgG reactive; 36.1% were IgM/IgG reactive and 3.8% were IgM reactive. 20.1% of reactive inmates had COVID-19 symptoms at the time of testing. The most frequent symptoms were headache (55.6%), general malaise (49.7%), fever (49.0%) and cough (48.0%). Among the risk factors for COVID-19 were: age over 60 years (8.4%), high blood pressure (2.8%) and diabetes mellitus (2.4%). 445 deaths were registered. Total fatality reached 1.2% of the number of infected. The highest number of deaths was recorded in April and May (89 and 162, respectively). Discussion: The study findings imply different approaches to managing epidemics in the prison context compared to the general population. The short and long term scenarios are uncertain, but the need to reorganize the prison health system, and to prioritise and modernise it are evident. The long-delayed reform of the prison system and the measures that set out to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease in prisons are related processes in this regard.

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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of prisoners infected and deceased by COVID-19, National Penitentiary Institute of Peru, 2020

Sindeev

Martínez-Álvarez²

2022

Rev Esp Sanid Penit

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IgG positiva en COVID-19 y falencias en normativa peruana: a propósito de un caso

Abstract: IgG positiva en COVID-19 y falencias en normativa peruana: a propósito de un caso IgG-positive for COVID-19 and deficiencies in Peruvian regulations: apropos of a case

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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of prisoners infected and deceased by COVID-19, National Penitentiary Institute of Peru, 2020

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of prisoners infected and deceased by COVID-19, National Penitentiary Institute of Peru, 2020

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