Perfil epidemiológico e espacial da síndrome gripal confirmada para COVID-19 no início da pandemia no estado do Pará-Brasil

Daniele Melo Sardinha; Caroliny Soares Silva; Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira; Letícia Diogo de Oliveira Moura; Carmem Aliandra Freire de Sá; Phelipe da Silva Rodrigues; Bruna Venturieri; Juliane Lima Alencar; Karla Valéria Batista Lima; Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães; Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.2680

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Daniele Melo Sardinha Instituto Evandro Chagas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-2354
Caroliny Soares Silva Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária na Amazônia, Universidade do Estado do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGBPA/UEPA/IEC).
Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária na Amazônia, Universidade do Estado do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGBPA/UEPA/IEC).
Letícia Diogo de Oliveira Moura Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Pará (PPGENF/UFPA)
Carmem Aliandra Freire de Sá Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia e Vigilância em Saúde, Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGEVS/IEC).
Phelipe da Silva Rodrigues Departamento de Epidemiologia, Secretaria de Saúde Pública de Estado (SESPA)
Bruna Venturieri Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Pará (PPGENF/UFPA)
Juliane Lima Alencar Departamento de Epidemiologia, Secretaria de Saúde Pública de Estado (SESPA), Be-lém, Pará, Brasil.
Karla Valéria Batista Lima Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária na Amazônia, Universidade do Estado do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGBPA/UEPA/IEC).
Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia e Vigilância em Saúde, Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGEVS/IEC).
Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia e Vigilância em Saúde, Instituto Evandro Chagas (PPGEVS/IEC).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.2680

Keywords:

Flu Syndrome, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Epidemiology, Coronavirus

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan in China in December 2019, soon reached pandemic level causing thousands of deaths worldwide. It presents mostly mild flu cases; however, it can evolve into a severe respiratory syndrome that is responsible for hospitalizations and deaths. Objective: To describe the epidemiological and spatial profile of confirmed cases of influenza-like syndrome (GB) by COVID-19 in the state of Pará. Method: Descriptive and ecological study, referring to cases of COVID-19 reported in the E-SUS VE. From the variables of the epidemiological profile, spatial distribution and temporal trend of the disease. Results: The spatial distribution showed that the concentration of cases is located in the southern municipalities of the state. In the profile variables: female gender (53.16%), age group (61.14%) 30 and 59 years, chronic heart disease represented (41.99%), diabetes (31.22%) and (16.30%) chronic respiratory diseases Health professionals infected (8%). Clinical features: fever (71.99%), cough (64.57%), and sore throat (46.78%). Confirmation criteria: rapid antibody test (84.39%), rapid antigen test (7.61%), and RT-PCR (7.48%). The temporal trend of the disease showed the peak of cases in the 20th epidemiological week. Conclusion: Mostly women, most frequent heart diseases and diabetes, confirmed by rapid test and classical symptoms of GS. A flattening of the curve was observed after the 21st week, possibly due to the lockdown intervention. However, it was shown the high number of cases on 07/07/2020 in several regions, specifically in municipalities of the southern region of the state.