Epidemiological and Demographic Analysis of Suspected Covid-19 Cases Confirmed by PCR at Medical Center ISSEMyM Toluca from March 2019 to December 2022

Authors

  • Santillán-Benítez Jonnathan Guadalupe Clinical Laboratory of Medical Center ISSEMyM, Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico Author
  • Alarcón-Valdés Patricia University of Ixtlahuaca CUI. Health Research and Studies Institute Author
  • Sandoval-Cabrera Antonio High Specialty Laboratory in Hemato-Oncology. Children’s Hospital. Maternal and Child Institute of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico Author
  • Sánchez-Flores Jesús Enrique Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JVRR/2023(4)160

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pandemic Wave, PCR, SARS-CoV-2, Epidemiology

Abstract

Objective: To describe the prevalence and incidence of suspected COVID-19 cases confirmed by PCR at Medical Center ISSEMyM Toluca from
March 2019 to December 2022.

Materials and Methods: 3226 PCR tests for suspected COVID-19 cases were analyzed to obtain epidemiological and demographic data of the
population, descriptive and inferential statistics analyses were carried out to find differences between population parameters.

Results: No differences between female and male respect to COVID-19 positivity were found (p-value = 0.9302). Age mean was 49 years old and
the probability to get COVID-19 increase with age (p-value = 0.000). Hospitalization was the medical service with more frequency in patients with COVID-19 positive.

Conclusion: Age but no gender is a risk factor hospitalization due COVID-19., nonetheless vaccination appear to an efficient method to prevent
hospitalization. Moreover, the dynamic pandemic in Mexico is no homogeneous across the territory.

Author Biographies

  • Santillán-Benítez Jonnathan Guadalupe, Clinical Laboratory of Medical Center ISSEMyM, Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

    Jonnathan Guadalupe Santillán Benítez, Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomus University of México

  • Alarcón-Valdés Patricia, University of Ixtlahuaca CUI. Health Research and Studies Institute

    University of Ixtlahuaca CUI. Health Research and Studies Institute

  • Sandoval-Cabrera Antonio, High Specialty Laboratory in Hemato-Oncology. Children’s Hospital. Maternal and Child Institute of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

    High Specialty Laboratory in Hemato-Oncology. Children’s Hospital. Maternal and Child Institute of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

  • Sánchez-Flores Jesús Enrique, Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico


    Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico

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Published

2023-09-28

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): Volume 4, Issue 3

Section

Articles