A survey on the frequency of COVID-19-like symptoms on students and staff of the University of Milan
| Autor: | Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Negri, Eva, La Vecchia, Carlo |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cancer Research Multivariate analysis Adolescent Fever Universities Gastrointestinal Diseases Epidemiology Anosmia Lower risk Asymptomatic Undiagnosed Diseases 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Internal medicine medicine Odds Ratio Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Sex Distribution Students Aged business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Headache Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Odds ratio Middle Aged Confidence interval Cohabitation Cough Italy Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Multivariate Analysis Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer Prevention |
| ISSN: | 0959-8278 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/cej.0000000000000609 |
| Popis: | A survey was conducted through a web link on the students and staff of the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy in the period 14-30 April 2020. It was anonymous at the source and included history of COVID-19-related questions (fever, headache, cold, cough, anosmia, gastrointestinal complaints and separately fever over 38.5°C) in the previous three weeks, and similar information on cohabitants. A total of 14 374 subjects were included. Overall, from 24 March to 30 April, 3138 subjects (21.8%) reported COVID-19-like symptoms, and 219 (1.5%) fever above 38.5°C; 217 subjects performed at least one swab. Of these, 46 were positive (21.3% of those performed, 0.3% of the total). The frequency of any symptom was similar in women and men, but fever above 38.5°C was lower in women (multivariate odds ratio (OR) = 0.65, 95% confidence interval, CI, 0.49-0.85). There was a strong association between symptoms in the respondent and in cohabitants: 64% of subjects with symptoms reported at least one cohabitant with symptoms, compared to 14% of asymptomatic subjects (OR = 11.4, 95% CI, 10.4-12.6). The lower risk of serious symptoms in women, and the strong intra-nucleus of cohabitation contagiousness are an indication that at least part of the symptoms was caused by a new pathogen - SARS-CoV-2. These data, therefore, suggest that the number of persons affected by COVID-19 was much greater in northern Italy than the number of recorded cases. This has implications for the prevention, management and mortality of other serious diseases, including cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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