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<journal-id>2664-2891</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista científica ciencias de la salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. cient. cienc. salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2664-2891</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad del Pacífico]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2664-28912023000100022</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53732/rccsalud/2023.e5121</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características epidemiológicas de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en hogares de escolares de tres instituciones educativas en Asunción y departamento Central entre octubre a noviembre de 2021]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in households of schoolchildren from three educational institutions in Asunción and the Central department between October and November 2021]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Samudio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Margarita]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Rojas]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cabello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Águeda]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Galeano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosa]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ocampos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Pacífico Dirección de Investigación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Dirección General de Vigilancia de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
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<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<fpage>22</fpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2664-28912023000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2664-28912023000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2664-28912023000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Introducción. Caracterizar la epidemia del SARS-CoV-2 en la comunidad puede aportar datos útiles a las autoridades en la toma de decisiones sobre las instituciones educativas en Paraguay. Objetivo. Describir las características epidemiológicas de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en los hogares de escolares de tres instituciones de Asunción y departamento Central. Materiales y Métodos. Estudio descriptivo transversal realizado entre el 25 de octubre al 5 de noviembre de 2021. Se aplicaron encuestas estructuradas a los padres o encargados de escolares mediante un cuestionario en formato del formulario de Google enviado a través del WhatsApp desde la Dirección de las instituciones educativas. El cuestionario incluía preguntas sobre el número integrantes del hogar, datos demográficos del encuestado, número de personas con co-morbilidad, personas con COVID-19, con necesidad de hospitalización, número de fallecidos y vacunados contra COVID-19. Resultado. Se obtuvieron datos de 780 hogares, 379 (48,6%) de San Lorenzo, 217 (27,8) de Limpio, 93 (11,9%) de Asunción y 91 de otras localidades de Central (11,7%), el 18,6 % (731/3920) de los integrantes del hogar tuvo COVID-19, de ellos 9,7% (71/731) fue hospitalizado. La mortalidad fue de 0,79% (31/3920) y la letalidad 4,2% (31/731). El 52,7% (2340/3920) ya fue vacunado contra COVID-19 y el 88,2% (2065/2340) de ellos con dosis completa. Conclusión. La prevalencia de COVID-19 estuvo dentro del rango esperado para las infecciones sintomáticas con un alto índice de transmisión intradomiciliaria. Tanto la tasa de mortalidad como letalidad fueron consistentes con los datos nacionales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Introduction. Characterizing the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the community can provide useful data for the authorities in making decisions on the educational institutions in Paraguay. Objective. To describe the epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the homes of schoolchildren from three institutions in Asunción and the Central Department. Materials and Methods. Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out between October 25 and November 5, 2021. Structured surveys were applied to parents or guardians of schoolchildren through a questionnaire in the format of the Google form sent through WhatsApp from the Directorate of the educational institutions. The questionnaire included questions about the number of household members, demographic data of the respondent, number of people with co-morbidity, people with COVID-19, need of hospitalization, number of death and vaccinated against COVID-19. Results. Data from 780 households were obtained, 379 (48.6%) from San Lorenzo, 217 (27.8) from Limpio, 93 (11.9%) from Asunción and 91 from other localities from Central (11.7%); 18.6% (731/3920) of household members had COVID-19, of them 9.7% (71/731) were hospitalized. Mortality rate was 0.79% (31/3920) and lethality 4.2% (31/731). 52.7% (2,340/3,920) were already vaccinated against COVID-19 and 88.2% (2,065/2,340) of them fully vaccinated. Conclusion. The prevalence of infection was within the expected range for symptomatic COVID-19 infections with a high rate of intradomiciliary transmission. Both the hospitalization and fatality rates were within the range for the country.]]></p></abstract>
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