Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Colombia.
Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
J Med Virol. 2021 Jan;93(1):522-527. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26194. Epub 2020 Jul 11.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has rapidly spread throughout Latin America, a region swept by multiple previous and ongoing epidemics. There are significant concerns that the arrival of COVID-19 is currently overlapping with other viruses, particularly dengue, in various endo-epidemic regions across South America. In this report, we analyzed trends for both viral infections in Colombia during the first 20 epidemiological weeks (EWs) of 2020. From 1st January to 16th May 2020 (EWs, 1-20), a total of 52 679 cases of dengue and 14 943 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Colombia. As both conditions may potentially lead to fatal outcomes, especially in patients with chronic co-morbidities, overlapping infections, and co-occurrence may increase the number of patients requiring intensive care and mechanical ventilation. In regions, such as Valle del Cauca, intensified preparation for such scenarios should be pondered, and further studies should be performed to address this critical issue in a timely matter.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是由严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）引起的，在拉丁美洲迅速蔓延，该地区此前曾爆发过多次流行病和正在爆发其他流行病。人们非常担心 COVID-19 的到来目前正在与南美洲各个内流行病区的其他病毒（特别是登革热）同时发生。在本报告中，我们分析了 2020 年前 20 个流行病学周（EW）期间哥伦比亚的两种病毒感染的趋势。从 2020 年 1 月 1 日至 5 月 16 日（EW1-20），在哥伦比亚共确诊了 52679 例登革热和 14943 例 COVID-19。由于这两种情况都可能导致致命的后果，尤其是在患有慢性合并症的患者中，重叠感染和同时发生可能会增加需要重症监护和机械通气的患者人数。在瓦莱达卡瓦纳等地区，应考虑为此类情况做好更充分的准备，并应开展进一步的研究，及时解决这一关键问题。
