Estudio retrospectivo del nuevo coronavirus MERS-COV 2012-2013
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Date
2014
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) was originated in 2012, and is caused by a bat´s coronavirus that broke the species
barrier until it could affect humans and generated
an epidemic that is affecting several Arab and European countries. Objective. Study, retrospectively,
MERS-CoV from cases registered in humans, by
the use of the information available and provided by
the World Health Organization and the International
Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID. Materials and
methods. An observational retrospective study of
the descriptive type was performed, analyzing the
information from the daily cases and having as a reference the frequency and the distribution of an epidemiological event that corresponded to the morbidity and the mortality, in order to describe occurrence
patterns related to the individual variables (gender,
age, race, etc), the time and the place. Results. The
highest percentage of cases reported took place in
May 2013, affecting older adults. There were cases
in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany,
Italy, France, England, Morocco and the Middle East.
Conclusions. The current importance of emerging
viruses and their relation with the epidemiology and
the public health has been reaffirmed, and so has
the necessity of making follow up studies in order
to determine possible reservoirs, secondary guests
and future prevention measurements.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Síndrome respiratorio del medio oriente, Coronavirus, Zoonosis, Epidemiología