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COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in Children Attended-to in the Health UNIC System (HUS) With flu and Respiratory Symptoms in Three Brazilian Municipalities in an International Border Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2023

Arianne Peruzo Pires Gonçalves Sereno ,
Dahiane Locatelli de Sousa ,
Pollyanna Santos Gimenes ,
Wanylla Paula dos Santos Czezaniak ,
Lorena de Fátima Moretto ,
Laísa Marina Rosa Rey ,
Kawany Gabrieli Zanetti Fazoli ,
Mariana Carvalho dos Santos ,
Isabela Carvalho dos Santos  and
Daniela Dib Gonçalves
Arianne Peruzo Pires Gonçalves Sereno
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program in Animal Science with Emphasis on Bioactive Products, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
Dahiane Locatelli de Sousa
Affiliation:
Office of the Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Tupãssi, Western Paraná, Brazil
Pollyanna Santos Gimenes
Affiliation:
Office of the Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Formosa do Oeste, West of Paraná, Brazil
Wanylla Paula dos Santos Czezaniak
Affiliation:
Health Department of the Municipality of Assis Chateaubriand, Western Paraná, Brazil
Lorena de Fátima Moretto
Affiliation:
Fundação Araucária scholarship (PIBIC) program, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
Laísa Marina Rosa Rey
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program in Animal Science with Emphasis on Bioactive Products, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
Kawany Gabrieli Zanetti Fazoli
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program in Animal Science with Emphasis on Bioactive Products, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
Mariana Carvalho dos Santos
Affiliation:
The Institution Universidade Cesumar (UNICESUMAR), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Isabela Carvalho dos Santos
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program in Animal Science with Emphasis on Bioactive Products, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
Daniela Dib Gonçalves*
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program in Animal Science with Emphasis on Bioactive Products, Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR), Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
*
Corresponding author: Daniela Dib Gonçalves; Email: danieladib@prof.unipar.br.
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Abstract

Objective:

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of the disease and research risk factors through sociodemographic data of children aged 0 to 15 years, with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 in 3 Brazilian municipalities in an international border region.

Methods:

Epidemiological and RT-PCR test results were collected from the COVID-19 notification records in suspected children and adolescents from March 1 to August 31, 2020, in municipalities (Assis Chateaubriand, Tupãssi, and Formosa do Oeste) located in an international border region. The results obtained and the variables associated were subjected to statistical analysis using the Chi-Square Test (x2) or Fisher’s Exact Test, using the statistical program SPSS v. 21.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, USA) at the 5% significance level.

Results:

Among the 147 children from the 3 municipalities, 20 (13.60%) were diagnosed as positive. The predominance of cases was in male children (60.00%) and in children living in urban areas (80%). The most frequent symptoms observed in children were fever (65.00% of the cases), followed by headache (60.00%), cough (55.00%), and nasal congestion, as well as sore throat, both found in 35.00% of the cases.

Conclusion:

All these data highlight the importance and the need for more epidemiological studies, especially in children and adolescents, as COVID-19 becomes part of the child health panorama worldwide, with serious direct and indirect impacts for humans, animals, and the environment.

Keywords

COVID-19 in childrenpandemicinfectious diseasesOne HealthMultisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e459
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

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