Background: Healthcare personnel are a high-risk group for acquiring COVID-19 disease. They represent 4 to 20% of the total number of cases reported in different geographical areas. Aim: To describe an epidemiological surveillance strategy to detect symptoms compatible with SARS-CoV-2 infection and earl...
ABSTRACT COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronaviridae comprises a large family, of which at least seven members are known to cause respiratory diseases in humans. Coronaviruses ha...
In late 2019, an infection in humans by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected for the first time in Wuhan, China. By February, several countries had sustained viral circulation. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic. Initially, one of the main concerns regarding the spre...
Los primeros casos del nuevo coronavirus fueron
descriptos en Wuhan, China, desde diciembre de
2019, con una rápida propagación a nivel mundial.
En la actualidad, no existe una vacuna para prevenir
la enfermedad ni un tratamiento específico aprobado
para tratarla, por lo que los esfuerzos mundiales
se...
