Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador
- Autores
- Ortiz Prado, Esteban; Simbaña Rivera, Katherine; Gómez Barreno, Lenin; Diaz, Ana María; Barreto, Alejandra; Moyano, Carla; Arcos, Vannesa; Vásconez González, Eduardo; Paz, Clara; Simbana Guaycha, Fernanda; Molestina Luzuriaga, Martín; Fernández Naranjo, Raúl; Feijoo, Javier Sebastián; Henríquez Trujillo, Aquiles R.; Adana, Lila; López Cortés, Andrés; Fletcher, Isabel K.; Lowe, Rachel
- Año de publicación
- 2021
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly around the globe. Nevertheless, there is limited information describing the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Latin America. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 9,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ecuador. We calculated overall incidence, mortality, case fatality rates, disability adjusted life years, attack and crude mortality rates, as well as relative risk and relative odds of death, adjusted for age, sex and presence of comorbidities. A total of 9,468 positive COVID-19 cases and 474 deaths were included in the analysis. Men accounted for 55.4% (n = 5, 247) of cases and women for 44.6% (n = 4, 221). We found the presence of comorbidities, being male and older than 65 years were important determinants of mortality. Coastal regions were most affected by COVID-19, with higher mortality rates than the highlands. Fatigue was reported in 53.2% of the patients, followed by headache (43%), dry cough (41.7%), ageusia (37.1%) and anosmia (36.1%). We present an analysis of the burden of COVID-19 in Ecuador. Our findings show that men are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women, and risk increases with age and the presence of comorbidities. We also found that blue-collar workers and the unemployed are at greater risk of dying. These early observations offer clinical insights for the medical community to help improve patient care and for public health officials to strengthen Ecuador's response to the outbreak.
Departamento de Física - Materia
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Ciencias Exactas
COVID-19
Latin America
cross-sectional analysis
Ecuador - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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- oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126284
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in EcuadorOrtiz Prado, EstebanSimbaña Rivera, KatherineGómez Barreno, LeninDiaz, Ana MaríaBarreto, AlejandraMoyano, CarlaArcos, VannesaVásconez González, EduardoPaz, ClaraSimbana Guaycha, FernandaMolestina Luzuriaga, MartínFernández Naranjo, RaúlFeijoo, Javier SebastiánHenríquez Trujillo, Aquiles R.Adana, LilaLópez Cortés, AndrésFletcher, Isabel K.Lowe, RachelCiencias ExactasCOVID-19Latin Americacross-sectional analysisEcuadorThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly around the globe. Nevertheless, there is limited information describing the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Latin America. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 9,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ecuador. We calculated overall incidence, mortality, case fatality rates, disability adjusted life years, attack and crude mortality rates, as well as relative risk and relative odds of death, adjusted for age, sex and presence of comorbidities. A total of 9,468 positive COVID-19 cases and 474 deaths were included in the analysis. Men accounted for 55.4% (n = 5, 247) of cases and women for 44.6% (n = 4, 221). We found the presence of comorbidities, being male and older than 65 years were important determinants of mortality. Coastal regions were most affected by COVID-19, with higher mortality rates than the highlands. Fatigue was reported in 53.2% of the patients, followed by headache (43%), dry cough (41.7%), ageusia (37.1%) and anosmia (36.1%). We present an analysis of the burden of COVID-19 in Ecuador. Our findings show that men are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women, and risk increases with age and the presence of comorbidities. We also found that blue-collar workers and the unemployed are at greater risk of dying. These early observations offer clinical insights for the medical community to help improve patient care and for public health officials to strengthen Ecuador's response to the outbreak.Departamento de Física2021-01-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126284enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008958info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1935-2735info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1935-2727info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/33395425info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008958info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:30:22Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126284Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:30:23.182SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador Ortiz Prado, Esteban Ciencias Exactas COVID-19 Latin America cross-sectional analysis Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador |
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Ortiz Prado, Esteban Simbaña Rivera, Katherine Gómez Barreno, Lenin Diaz, Ana María Barreto, Alejandra Moyano, Carla Arcos, Vannesa Vásconez González, Eduardo Paz, Clara Simbana Guaycha, Fernanda Molestina Luzuriaga, Martín Fernández Naranjo, Raúl Feijoo, Javier Sebastián Henríquez Trujillo, Aquiles R. Adana, Lila López Cortés, Andrés Fletcher, Isabel K. Lowe, Rachel |
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Ortiz Prado, Esteban |
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Ortiz Prado, Esteban Simbaña Rivera, Katherine Gómez Barreno, Lenin Diaz, Ana María Barreto, Alejandra Moyano, Carla Arcos, Vannesa Vásconez González, Eduardo Paz, Clara Simbana Guaycha, Fernanda Molestina Luzuriaga, Martín Fernández Naranjo, Raúl Feijoo, Javier Sebastián Henríquez Trujillo, Aquiles R. Adana, Lila López Cortés, Andrés Fletcher, Isabel K. Lowe, Rachel |
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Simbaña Rivera, Katherine Gómez Barreno, Lenin Diaz, Ana María Barreto, Alejandra Moyano, Carla Arcos, Vannesa Vásconez González, Eduardo Paz, Clara Simbana Guaycha, Fernanda Molestina Luzuriaga, Martín Fernández Naranjo, Raúl Feijoo, Javier Sebastián Henríquez Trujillo, Aquiles R. Adana, Lila López Cortés, Andrés Fletcher, Isabel K. Lowe, Rachel |
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Ciencias Exactas COVID-19 Latin America cross-sectional analysis Ecuador |
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Ciencias Exactas COVID-19 Latin America cross-sectional analysis Ecuador |
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly around the globe. Nevertheless, there is limited information describing the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Latin America. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 9,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ecuador. We calculated overall incidence, mortality, case fatality rates, disability adjusted life years, attack and crude mortality rates, as well as relative risk and relative odds of death, adjusted for age, sex and presence of comorbidities. A total of 9,468 positive COVID-19 cases and 474 deaths were included in the analysis. Men accounted for 55.4% (n = 5, 247) of cases and women for 44.6% (n = 4, 221). We found the presence of comorbidities, being male and older than 65 years were important determinants of mortality. Coastal regions were most affected by COVID-19, with higher mortality rates than the highlands. Fatigue was reported in 53.2% of the patients, followed by headache (43%), dry cough (41.7%), ageusia (37.1%) and anosmia (36.1%). We present an analysis of the burden of COVID-19 in Ecuador. Our findings show that men are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women, and risk increases with age and the presence of comorbidities. We also found that blue-collar workers and the unemployed are at greater risk of dying. These early observations offer clinical insights for the medical community to help improve patient care and for public health officials to strengthen Ecuador's response to the outbreak. Departamento de Física |
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly around the globe. Nevertheless, there is limited information describing the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Latin America. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 9,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in Ecuador. We calculated overall incidence, mortality, case fatality rates, disability adjusted life years, attack and crude mortality rates, as well as relative risk and relative odds of death, adjusted for age, sex and presence of comorbidities. A total of 9,468 positive COVID-19 cases and 474 deaths were included in the analysis. Men accounted for 55.4% (n = 5, 247) of cases and women for 44.6% (n = 4, 221). We found the presence of comorbidities, being male and older than 65 years were important determinants of mortality. Coastal regions were most affected by COVID-19, with higher mortality rates than the highlands. Fatigue was reported in 53.2% of the patients, followed by headache (43%), dry cough (41.7%), ageusia (37.1%) and anosmia (36.1%). We present an analysis of the burden of COVID-19 in Ecuador. Our findings show that men are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women, and risk increases with age and the presence of comorbidities. We also found that blue-collar workers and the unemployed are at greater risk of dying. These early observations offer clinical insights for the medical community to help improve patient care and for public health officials to strengthen Ecuador's response to the outbreak. |
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