Department of Medical Microbiology, Kafkas University, Faculty of Medicine, Kars, 36100, Turkey.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Iğdır State Hospital, Iğdır, 76000, Turkey.
Future Microbiol. 2021 Jul;16(10):697-702. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0134. Epub 2021 Jul 5.
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, started in December 2019 and has spread across the world. We analyzed real-time PCR results of 10,000 samples from 2 April to 30 May 2020 in three neighbor cities located in the East of Turkey. The final study population was 7853 cases, after excluding screening tests. Real-time PCR was performed to detect the SARS-CoV-2-specific RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase gene fragment. The number of total positive samples out of 7853 were 487; however, the number of nonrepeating positive patient was 373 (4.8%). Cough and fever were the most common symptoms in positive cases. Epidemiologic studies should be performed about the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection to better understand the effect of the virus across the world.
COVID-19，由 SARS-CoV-2 引起，始于 2019 年 12 月，已在全球范围内传播。我们分析了 2020 年 4 月 2 日至 5 月 30 日土耳其东部三个相邻城市的 10000 份样本的实时 PCR 结果。在排除筛选测试后，最终研究人群为 7853 例。实时 PCR 用于检测 SARS-CoV-2 特异性 RNA 依赖性 RNA 聚合酶基因片段。在 7853 例中，总阳性样本数为 487 例；然而，非重复阳性患者数为 373 例（4.8%）。咳嗽和发热是阳性病例中最常见的症状。应该进行关于 SARS-CoV-2 感染流行率的流行病学研究，以更好地了解该病毒在全球的影响。
