Infección por COVID-19 previo al inicio de la epidemia en Colombia / COVID-19 infection prior to the beginning of the epidemic in Colombia
Infectio
;
25(4): 296-299, oct.-dic. 2021. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS, COLNAL
| ID: biblio-1286726
RESUMEN
Resumen La identificación del nuevo Coronavirus tipo 2 en marzo de 2020 en Colombia ha generado paradigmas e incógnitas en la epidemiología nacional con respecto a la llegada aproximada del virus y sus mecanismos de diseminación local en los departamentos y ciudades principales. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con COVID-19 que tuvo su inicio de síntomas dos semanas antes de la declaración del primer caso en Colombia, lo que sugiere circulación del virus y transmisión local en Colombia previo a la declaración de la epidemia.
ABSTRACT
Abstract The identification of Coronavirus type 2 in March 2020 in Colombia has generated paradigms and unknows in the national epidemiology regarding the approxi mate arrival of the virus and its mechanisms of local dissemination in the main departments and cities. We present the case of a patient with COVID-19 that had its onset of symptoms two weeks before the declaration of the first case in Colombia, wich moves the circulation of the virus and local transmission in Colombia prior the declaration of the epidemic.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Coronavirus
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
/
Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Colombia
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Infectio
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe/CO
/
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana/CO
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