La Covid-19 y su efecto en población adult a mayor en Colombia [COVID-19 and its effects on the older adult population in Colombia]

Supelano, Adriana Lucía Acevedo, West, Caryn Patrice, Zehr, Johana Gutiérrez, Hernández, Lyda Victoria Rueda, and de Esteban, María Consuelo Núñez (2021) La Covid-19 y su efecto en población adult a mayor en Colombia [COVID-19 and its effects on the older adult population in Colombia]. Revista de Extensión Cultural, 66. pp. 90-107.

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El año 2020 será recordado por la pandemia del SARS-CoV-2. Quienes se contagian pueden ser asintomáticos y en algunos casos se evidencian síntomas leves: fiebre, tos seca, dificultad para respirar y malestar general; pero en algunas personas es posible la aparición de signos severos: disnea, que puede ocasionar daño alveolar, y otras complicaciones que favorecen la letalidad. Analizar los datos de casos recuperados y fallecimientos por grupos de edad, teniendo en cuenta la densidad poblacional en Colombia, permite tener una dimensión de sus efectos, específicamente en los adultos mayores, quienes son el grupo etario más afectado frente a la mortalidad. La vacuna es una alternativa para el control de la pandemia con el paso del tiempo.

[The year 2020 will be remembered for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Those who become infected may be asymptomatic and in some cases mild symptoms are evident: fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and general malaise; but in some people the appearance of severe signs is possible: dyspnea, which can cause alveolar damage, and other complications that favor lethality. Analyzing the data of recovered cases and deaths by age groups, taking into account the population density in Colombia, allows us to have a dimension of its effects, specifically in the elderly, who are the age group most affected by mortality. The vaccine is an alternative to control the pandemic over time.]

Item ID: 70803
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 0120-2715
Keywords: Covid-19 ; Pandemia ; Vejez ; Virus
Copyright Information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial 4.0.
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2022 23:48
FoR Codes: 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes: 20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200404 Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) @ 100%
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