Clinical outcomes associated with Mu variant infection during the third epidemic peak of COVID-19 in Colombia

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BACKGROUND: The higher number of cases and deaths caused by COVID-19 in Colombia occurred during the third epidemic peak, where the Mu variant was associated with 50% of the cases.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the clinical outcome of COVID-19 with health conditions and SARS-CoV-2 lineages.

METHODS: In this study, clinical metadata and SARS-CoV-2 lineages from 535 patients with different degrees of COVID-19 severity were obtained after the SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Colombia. Then, the associations between these variables were determined using a multidimensional unfolding analysis.

RESULTS: Asymptomatic, symptomatic, severe, and deceased outcomes represented 15.2%, 29.7%, 7.3%, and 47.8% of the cases, respectively. Males tend to develop more serious COVID-19, and severe or fatal outcomes were typically observed in patients aged >60 years with comorbidities, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, kidney disease, obesity, asthma, and smoking history. The SARS-CoV-2 Mu and Gamma variants dominated the third epidemic peak and accounted for most fatal cases with odd ratio values of 128.2 (CI 53.0-310.1) and 18.6 (CI 8.294-41.917).

CONCLUSION: This study shows the high impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineages with higher prevalence on public health and the importance of monitoring COVID-19 risk factors to control the associated mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:125

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 125(2022) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 149-152

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Álvarez-Díaz, Diego A [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Moreno, Hector A [VerfasserIn]
Zapata-Bedoya, Silvana [VerfasserIn]
Franco-Muñoz, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Laiton-Donato, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Ferro, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Sepulveda, Maria T Herrera [VerfasserIn]
Pacheco-Montealegre, Mauricio [VerfasserIn]
Walteros, Diana M [VerfasserIn]
Carrero-Galindo, Laura C [VerfasserIn]
Mercado-Reyes, Marcela [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Clinical outcome
Comorbidities
Genomic surveillance
Journal Article
Lineage
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 20.12.2022

Date Revised 22.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.028

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348467869