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Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq

INTRODUCTION: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in holy Najaf city in February 22, 2020. The outbreak then rose up all over Iraq from 519 cases and 20 deaths in June 2, 2020 to 3484 cases and 72 deaths per day in August 10, 2020 per 24 hours. AIM: The aim of the study is to descr...

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Autores principales: Al-Mudhaffer, Rihab H., Ahjel, Salam W., Hassan, Saif M., Mahmood, Abdulkareem A., Hadi, Najah R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33424091
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2020.74.363-367
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author Al-Mudhaffer, Rihab H.
Ahjel, Salam W.
Hassan, Saif M.
Mahmood, Abdulkareem A.
Hadi, Najah R.
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Ahjel, Salam W.
Hassan, Saif M.
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Hadi, Najah R.
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description INTRODUCTION: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in holy Najaf city in February 22, 2020. The outbreak then rose up all over Iraq from 519 cases and 20 deaths in June 2, 2020 to 3484 cases and 72 deaths per day in August 10, 2020 per 24 hours. AIM: The aim of the study is to describe the distribution of confirmed cases by age, demographic factors, isolation, comorbidities and case fatality rate. METHODS: Prospectively collected and analyzed data on patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection by real-time RT-PCR and next-generation sequencing. The demographic and clinical outcomes data of 1153 diagnosed patients were collected from consecutive patients, analyzed, and described. About two third of cases 789 (68.4%) acquired infection through contact with positive patients. RESULTS: The reported cases were 743 (64.4%) males and 410 (35.6%) females with large number among age range 21 to 50 years. The most frequent presenting symptoms were fever, sore throat and dyspnea or cough, most of patients; 868 (75%) patients were isolated at home versus 285 (24.72) patients required hospitalization which represented the intermediate and sever cases. The overall case fatality rate was 2.4%. CONCLUSION: Most of COVID-19 cases in this locality were male from urban areas. The common onset symptoms were the fever, sore throat and dyspnea or cough. Majority of cases were isolated and treated at home. The estimated case fatality rate was within the global range (2.4%).
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spelling pubmed-77807752021-01-07 Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq Al-Mudhaffer, Rihab H. Ahjel, Salam W. Hassan, Saif M. Mahmood, Abdulkareem A. Hadi, Najah R. Med Arch Original Paper INTRODUCTION: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in holy Najaf city in February 22, 2020. The outbreak then rose up all over Iraq from 519 cases and 20 deaths in June 2, 2020 to 3484 cases and 72 deaths per day in August 10, 2020 per 24 hours. AIM: The aim of the study is to describe the distribution of confirmed cases by age, demographic factors, isolation, comorbidities and case fatality rate. METHODS: Prospectively collected and analyzed data on patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection by real-time RT-PCR and next-generation sequencing. The demographic and clinical outcomes data of 1153 diagnosed patients were collected from consecutive patients, analyzed, and described. About two third of cases 789 (68.4%) acquired infection through contact with positive patients. RESULTS: The reported cases were 743 (64.4%) males and 410 (35.6%) females with large number among age range 21 to 50 years. The most frequent presenting symptoms were fever, sore throat and dyspnea or cough, most of patients; 868 (75%) patients were isolated at home versus 285 (24.72) patients required hospitalization which represented the intermediate and sever cases. The overall case fatality rate was 2.4%. CONCLUSION: Most of COVID-19 cases in this locality were male from urban areas. The common onset symptoms were the fever, sore throat and dyspnea or cough. Majority of cases were isolated and treated at home. The estimated case fatality rate was within the global range (2.4%). Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7780775/ /pubmed/33424091 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2020.74.363-367 Text en © 2020 Rihab H. Al-Mudhaffer, Salam W. Ahjel, Saif M. Hassan, Abdulkareem A. Mahmood, Najah R. Hadi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Al-Mudhaffer, Rihab H.
Ahjel, Salam W.
Hassan, Saif M.
Mahmood, Abdulkareem A.
Hadi, Najah R.
Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title_full Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title_fullStr Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title_short Age Distribution of Clinical Symptoms, Isolation, Co-morbidities and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Najaf City, Iraq
title_sort age distribution of clinical symptoms, isolation, co-morbidities and case fatality rate of covid-19 cases in najaf city, iraq
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33424091
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2020.74.363-367
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