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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2014; 52 (4)

New coronavirus infection: new challenges, new legacies

Cabrera-Gaytán DA, Vargas-Valerio A, Grajales-Muñiz C

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 438-441
PDF size: 44.00 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: A new highly pathogenic human coronavirus has emerged. Its natural history and its determinants are still under investigation. It lacks a publication to examine all the cases identifi ed worldwide. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to describe the cases and deaths caused by the new coronavirus.
Methods: World Health Organization’s, European Centre for Disease Control’s and Eurosurveillance’s publications online were reviewed. We performed a descriptive analysis of the cases; the limits of proportions were calculated with a 0.05 alpha using Wilson test, and Student’s t test for mean difference.
Results: There are 17 confi rmed cases and 11 deaths in several countries in Asia and Europe; men predominated. The case fatality rate was 64.70 %. People who died took fi ve days to hospitalize after the fi rst symptoms. There is a lack of publications to describe the natural history of the disease, but the descriptions of the European publications are consistent with the results of this study.
Conclusion: It is necessary to keep the surveillance and further studies in order to assess the impact on international public health


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