Demographic Variations of MERS-CoV Infection among Suspected and Confirmed Cases: An Epidemiological Analysis of Laboratory-Based Data from Riyadh Regional Laboratory
المؤلفون المشاركون
Abu-Saris, Raghib
Altamimi, Asmaa
El-Metwally, Ashraf
Alaifan, Taghreed
Alamri, Aref
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-02-19
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Introduction.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus was first recognized in September 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
The clinical presentations of MERS and non-MERS SARI are often similar.
Therefore, the identification of suspected cases that may have higher chances of being diagnosed as cases of MERS-CoV is essential.
However, the real challenge is to flag these patients through some demographic markers.
The nature of these markers has not previously been investigated in Saudi Arabia, and hence, this study aims to identify them.
Methods.
It was a surveillance system-based study, for which data from a total of 23,646 suspected patients in Riyadh and Al Qassim regions were analyzed from January 2017 until December 2017 to estimate the prevalence of MERS-CoV among suspected cases and to determine potential demographic risk factors related to the confirmation of the diagnosis.
Results.
Of 23,646 suspected cases, 119 (0.5%) were confirmed by laboratory results.
These confirmed cases (67.2% of which were males) had a mean age of 43.23 years (SD ± 22.8).
Around 42.2% of the confirmed cases were aged between 41 and 60 years and about 47% of confirmed cases had their suspected specimen tested in the summer.
The study identified three significant and independent predictors for confirmation of the disease: an age between 41 and 60 years, male gender, and summer season admission.
Conclusion.
The study provides evidence that the MERS-CoV epidemic in the subject regions has specific characteristics that might help future plans for the prevention and management of such a contagious disease.
Future studies should aim to confirm such findings in other regions of Saudi Arabia as well and explore potential preventable risk factors.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Altamimi, Asmaa& Abu-Saris, Raghib& El-Metwally, Ashraf& Alaifan, Taghreed& Alamri, Aref. 2020. Demographic Variations of MERS-CoV Infection among Suspected and Confirmed Cases: An Epidemiological Analysis of Laboratory-Based Data from Riyadh Regional Laboratory. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138206
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Altamimi, Asmaa…[et al.]. Demographic Variations of MERS-CoV Infection among Suspected and Confirmed Cases: An Epidemiological Analysis of Laboratory-Based Data from Riyadh Regional Laboratory. BioMed Research International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138206
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Altamimi, Asmaa& Abu-Saris, Raghib& El-Metwally, Ashraf& Alaifan, Taghreed& Alamri, Aref. Demographic Variations of MERS-CoV Infection among Suspected and Confirmed Cases: An Epidemiological Analysis of Laboratory-Based Data from Riyadh Regional Laboratory. BioMed Research International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138206
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1138206
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر