Perspective from Ecuador, the Second Country with More Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in South America: A Review

Hallo, Alejandro; Rojas, Alejandra; Hallo, Carlos

doi:10.7759/cureus.7452

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“…Countries with low or middle incomes, such as Latin American countries, may have already saturated their health systems. Hence, the COVID-19 outbreak could oversaturate them (Carneiro et al, 2020), which can be exacerbated by the lack of government preparation and social policies, such as the Ecuadorian case (Hallo, Rojas & Hallo, 2020). Based on events that occurred with the "Diamond Princess" cruise, alternatives should be proposed to quarantine people from other cruises and illegal immigrants entering a country (Sawano et al, 2020).…”

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Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review

Fiesco-Sepúlveda

Serrano-Bermúdez

2020

PeerJ

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This article aimed to give the visibility of Latin American researchers’ contributions to the comprehension of COVID-19; our method was a literature review. Currently, the world is facing a health and socioeconomic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its disease COVID-19. Therefore, in less than 4 months, researchers have published a significant number of articles related to this novel virus. For instance, a search focused on the Scopus database on 10 April 2020, showed 1,224 documents published by authors with 1,797 affiliations from 80 countries. A total of 25.4%, 24.0% and 12.6% of these national affiliations were from China, Europe and the USA, respectively, making these regions leaders in COVID-19 research. In the case of Latin America, on 10 April 2020, we searched different databases, such as Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science, finding that the contribution of this region was 2.7 ± 0.6% of the total publications found. In other words, we found 153 publications related to COVID-19 with at least one Latin American researcher. We summarized and processed the information from these 153 publications, finding active participation in topics like medical, social and environmental considerations, bioinformatics and epidemiology.

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Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review

Fiesco-Sepúlveda

Serrano-Bermúdez

2020

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“…A sudden increase in adult mortality associated with respiratory diseases was noticed in Atahualpa, a rural Ecuadorian village (2º18’S, 80º46’W), coinciding with the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 in the region ( Hallo et al, 2020 ). Such deaths started on March 2020, reached a peak on April and May, and subsequently declined during June.…”

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SARS-CoV-2-related mortality in a rural Latin American population

Brutto

Costa²,

Mera

et al. 2020

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Highlights There is no evidence on mortality rates of SARS-CoV-2 in remote rural settings. We calculated SARS-CoV-2 mortality rate of adults living in Atahualpa (rural Ecuador). SARS-CoV-2 mortality rate was 15.7/1,000, which increased to 68.9/1,000 when only older adults were considered. Most deaths occurred over a two-month period, and markedly decreased subsequently.

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“…In Ecuador, described as a possible epicenter of COVID-19 in Latin America, minor measures were taken and the health system was overwhelmed in Guayas Province [48]. The number of deaths is believed to be significantly higher than the official figure due to a low rate of testing [48].…”

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Indirect implications of COVID-19 prevention strategies on non-communicable diseases

Modesti

Wang

Damasceno

et al. 2020

BMC Med

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Background: After its outbreak in China, the novel COronaVIrus Disease 19 is spreading across the globe. It is an emergency the world has never seen before. Main text: The attention of health systems is mainly focused on COronaVIrus Disease 19 patients and on the risk that intensive care units might be overwhelmed by the serious pulmonary complications. Different countries are also attempting to establish infection prevention and control strategies which proved effective in China where the outbreak was initially reported. We reflect on important lessons to be learnt from different countries. The effects that infection prevention and control strategies, such as social distancing or isolation, can have on the care of millions of patients with non-communicable diseases, who may be indirectly affected, have not been taken into consideration so much. Conclusions: When dealing with COronaVIrus Disease 19, policy makers and healthcare personnel should consider the indirect effects on the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

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Perspective from Ecuador, the Second Country with More Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in South America: A Review

Cited by 26 publications

References 10 publications

Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review

Contributions of Latin American researchers in the understanding of the novel coronavirus outbreak: a literature review

SARS-CoV-2-related mortality in a rural Latin American population

Indirect implications of COVID-19 prevention strategies on non-communicable diseases

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