Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: March | Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 223-228
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230323
Gender Differences in Patients with COVID-19- Focus on Age Difference and Clinical Symptoms in Tertiary Health Care
Nazia Asghar Hakla1, Konika Razdan2, Ruvaida Reyaz3, Shashi S. Sharma4
1,2,3Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Jammu, India
4Prof & Head, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College Jammu, P.I. & Nodal Officer, VRDL ICMR/DHR, J&K 180001, India
Corresponding Author: Shashi S. Sharma
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious viral disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus). Reported first in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late December 2019. In February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the disease ‘coronavirus disease 2019’ (COVID-19) and by March 11, 2020, WHO declare it as a global pandemic.
Human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs mainly between family members, including relatives and friends who are close contacts with the patients or with the incubatory carriers. Till date the transmission of COVID-19 is still uncontrollable. This retrospective study is done keeping in view about the limited availability of sex and age disaggregated data regarding Covid 19 positive patients so as to better understand the impact of sex and gender on incidence and case fatality of the disease in relation to treatment. In our study out of 58,971 nasopharyngeal samples, 555 samples came out to be positive by RT-PCR and they were further distributed according to age, gender and symptoms to see the co relations of these factors in regard to covid 19 positivity. As early identification of risk factors not only will help to identify clinical and epidemiological characteristics but also to facilitate the appropriate supportive care and treatment and prompt access to the intensive care units.
Key words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 virus, WHO, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Acute Lung Injury (ALI).