TITLE:
Clinical and Spatial Characteristics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome by COVID-19 in Indigenous of Brazil
AUTHORS:
Daniele Melo Sardinha, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira, Juliana Conceição Dias Garcez, Thalyta Mariany Rêgo Lopes Ueno, Yan Corrêa Rodrigues, Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos, Rosane do Socorro Pompeu de Loiola, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima
KEYWORDS:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Indigenous People, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Brazil
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.11 No.4,
December
30,
2021
ABSTRACT: The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) broke out in Wuhan in China in December 2019, causing severe pneumonia and deaths, soon in March 2020, it reached pandemic level, affecting several countries including Brazil. The disease was named COVID-19, with characteristics of most infected having mild and moderate symptoms and a part severe symptom. The disease has already reached 158 ethnic groups, which have high vulnerability and limited access to health services. The objective is to investigate the clinical and spatial characteristics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome of COVID-19 in the indigenous peoples of Brazil. It is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, analytical ecological study, based on data from the OpenDataSUS platform from 01/01/2020 to 31/08/2020. Profile variables, signs and symptoms and risk factors/comorbidities. The data were analyzed by Bioestat 5.3. There were 1,207 cases and 470 deaths. Profile: male gender (59.48%) means age 53 years. Signs and symptoms: fever (74.23%), cough (77.71%), sore throat (35.62%), dyspnea (69.34%), respiratory discomfort (62.80%), O2 saturation 2 saturation