Clinical Manifestations of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients in Kabul Province, the Capital of Afghanistan
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SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Kabul
Clinical Presentation
Afghanistan

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Yousufi H, Noori AZ, Naeemi S, Rasekh H, Rahimi MH, Bahaduri MA. Clinical Manifestations of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients in Kabul Province, the Capital of Afghanistan. Integr J Med Sci [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 4 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];7. Available from: https://www.mbmj.org/index.php/ijms/article/view/271

Abstract

Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a novel member of human coronavirus that is newly identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China. The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to over 213 countries and affected more than 33 million individuals and caused 999000 deaths worldwide.
Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted on 124 symptomatic COVID-19 patients in Kabul, Afghanistan. Demographic and clinical data collected using a standard form.  Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swab sample collected for viral detection. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics (version 21) software.
Results: Out of 124 patients, 88 (71%) were male and 36 (29%) were female. The mean age of patients was 41.2±17.07 years and the majority of patients 32 (25.8%) were in the age group of 20 – 29 and minority 3 (2.4) was over 79 years. On clinical presentation, most patients had ageusia (71.3%), fever (69.4%), headache (69.4%), sore throat (66.1%), myalgia (66.1%), cough (64.5%), weakness (63.7%), dyspnea (38.7%), and the fewer symptom was diarrhea (31.5%). 19 (15.3%) patients had Hypertension, 16 (12.9%) had cardiovascular disease, 8 (6.5%) had diabetes, 5 (4.0%) had cancer, 4 (3.2%) had chronic pulmonary disease, and 3 (2.4%) had liver disease. The mean duration for the presence of symptoms was 13.3±6.3 days. The fatality rate was 4%.
Conclusion: Our study reveals that males are more affected by COVID-19 than females and the young generation is more affected than elders.  The most common symptoms are ageusia, fever, headache, sore throat, and myalgia, and the less common symptom is diarrhea.

https://doi.org/10.15342/ijms.7.271
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