Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infected population during the second and third epidemiological waves in Sri Lanka
作者机构：Medical Research InstituteColombo-08Sri Lanka
出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2023年第16卷第1期
页 面：33-38页
核心收录：
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题：COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Socio-demographic Clinical
摘 要：Objective:To analyze data on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infected population whose samples were received from Medical Research Institute,Sri ***:Laboratory based retrospective study was done on patient samples which were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by National Reference Virology Laboratory at the Medical Research Institute,Sri Lanka,from November,2020 to November,*** on sociodemographic characteristics and clinical presentation of 13126 patients were ***:The mean age of the study population was(36.0±7.2)years and the majority were men(64.0%).The highest number of positive cases were found in the 21-30 years-of-age *** distinct peaks were noted in the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 positive *** addition,42.5%of the positive samples tested positive(42.5%)were from Medical Officer of Health collection ***,60.6%(7951)of the infected subjects were asymptomatic whereas the remaining were *** highest percentage of symptomatic patients were observed in the 91-100 years-of-age group while the highest asymptomatic subjects were found in the 31-40 years-of-age *** percentage of asymptomatic children(65.3%)was significantly(P0.05)higher than that of adults(43.4%).Conclusions:The findings of this study aid decision makers to focus on the vulnerable groups,and geographic and temporal distribution of patients in the public health strategies that aim at preventing the spread of the disease and reducinig its mortalities.
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