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- Title
Infección del nuevo coronavirus: nuevos retos, nuevos legados.
- Authors
Cabrera-Gaytán, David Alejandro; Vargas-Valerio, Alfredo; Grajales-Muñiz, Concepción
- Abstract
Background: A new highly pathogenic human coronavirus has emerged. Its natural history and its determinants are still under investigation. It lacks a publication to examine all the cases identified worldwide. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to describe the cases and deaths caused by the new coronavirus. Methods: World Health Organization's, European Centre for Disease Control's and Eurosurveillance's publications online were reviewed. We performed a descriptive analysis of the cases; the limits of proportions were calculated with a 0.05 alpha using Wilson test, and Student's t test for mean difference. Results: There are 17 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in several countries in Asia and Europe; men predominated. The case fatality rate was 64.70 %. People who died took five days to hospitalize after the first symptoms. There is a lack of publications to describe the natural history of the disease, but the descriptions of the European publications are consistent with the results of this study. Conclusion: It is necessary to keep the surveillance and further studies in order to assess the impact on international public health.
- Subjects
CORONAVIRUS diseases; DISEASE prevalence; WORLD Health Organization; EUROPEAN Centre for Disease Prevention &; Control; PUBLIC health surveillance
- Publication
Revista Medica del IMSS, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p438
- ISSN
0443-5117
- Publication type
Article