Epidemiological characterisation of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in Colombia: A cross-sectional study

Aníbal A. Teherán; Gabriel Camero Ramos; Ronald Prado De La Guardia; Carolina Hernández; Giovanny Herrera; Luis M. Pombo; Albert Alejandro Avila; Carolina Flórez; Esther C. Barros; Luis Perez-Garcia; Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi; Juan David Ramírez

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042122

Epidemiological characterisation of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in Colombia: A cross-sectional study

Título traducido de la contribución: Caracterización epidemiológica de los portadores asintomáticos de COVID-19 en Colombia

Aníbal A. Teherán, Gabriel Camero Ramos, Ronald Prado De La Guardia, Carolina Hernández, Giovanny Herrera, Luis M. Pombo, Albert Alejandro Avila, Carolina Flórez, Esther C. Barros, Luis Perez-Garcia, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Juan David Ramírez

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Introducción Los portadores asintomáticos (CA) del nuevo SARS-CoV-2 representan una importante fuente de propagación del COVID-19. El diagnóstico temprano de estos casos es una poderosa herramienta para controlar la pandemia. Nuestro objetivo fue caracterizar a los pacientes con condición de AC e identificar los factores sociodemográficos asociados. Métodos Utilizando un diseño transversal y la base de datos nacional de ocurrencia diaria de COVID-19, caracterizamos social y demográficamente a todos los AC. Se realizó un análisis de correspondencia adicional y un modelo de regresión logística para identificar las características asociadas con el estado de las AC (OR, IC del 95%). Resultados Se identificaron 76.162 CA (12,1%; IC 95%: 12,0% a 12,2%), principalmente antes de la semana epidemiológica 35. La edad≤26 años (1,18; 1,09 a 1,28), el sexo masculino (1,51; 1,40 a 1,62), los casos importados de Venezuela, Argentina, Brasil, Alemania, Puerto Rico, España, EE.UU. o México (12,6; 3,03 a 52,5) y los casos autóctonos (22,6; 5,62 a 91,4) aumentaron el riesgo de identificar CA. También se identificaron grupos de departamentos con una asociación moderada (1,23; 1,13 a 1,34) y fuerte (19,8; 18,6 a 21,0) con los CA. Conclusión Se identificaron características sociodemográficas fuertemente asociadas a los CA, lo que puede explicar su relevancia epidemiológica y su utilidad para optimizar las estrategias de cribado masivo y prevenir la transmisión de persona a persona.

Título traducido de la contribución	Caracterización epidemiológica de los portadores asintomáticos de COVID-19 en Colombia
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de artículo	e042122
Publicación	BMJ Open
Volumen	10
N.º	12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042122
Estado	Publicada - dic. 7 2020

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Teherán, A. A., Camero Ramos, G., Prado De La Guardia, R., Hernández, C., Herrera, G., Pombo, L. M., Avila, A. A., Flórez, C., Barros, E. C., Perez-Garcia, L., Paniz-Mondolfi, A., & Ramírez, J. D. (2020). Epidemiological characterisation of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in Colombia: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 10(12), Artículo e042122. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042122

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