Epidemiological Analysis of COVID-19 Cases in Native Amazonian Communities from Peru

Despite early control measures, SARS-CoV-2 reached all regions of Peru during the first wave of the pandemic, including native communities of the Peruvian Amazon. Here, we aimed to describe the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 in the Amazonas region of Peru using an open database of 11,124 COVI...

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Autores principales: Pajuelo-Reyes, Cecilia, Valencia, Hugo J., Montenegro, Carla C., Quezada, Eduardo, Gonzales, Lizandro, Cruz, Norma, Canelo, Carlos, Ordinola, Carla, Maicelo Quintana, Jorge L., Tejedo, Juan R., Tapia-Limonchi, Rafael, Chenet, Stella M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9620947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417212
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia2040034
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Sumario:Despite early control measures, SARS-CoV-2 reached all regions of Peru during the first wave of the pandemic, including native communities of the Peruvian Amazon. Here, we aimed to describe the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 in the Amazonas region of Peru using an open database of 11,124 COVID-19 cases reported from 19 March to 29 July 2020, including 3278 cases from native communities. A high-incidence area in northern Amazonas (Condorcanqui) reported a cumulative incidence of 63.84/1000 inhabitants with a much lower death rate (0.95%) than the national average. Our results showed at least eight significant factors for mortality, and the Native Amazonian ethnicity as a protective factor. Molecular confirmatory tests are necessary to better explain the high incidence of antibody response reported in these communities.

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