在2022年乌干达烈士纪念活动期间的综合征监测
Mackline Ninsiima1, Mercy W Wanyana1, Thomas Kiggundu1
1Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
PLOS global public health
|January 25, 2024
概括
在2022年乌干达烈士节期间.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 大众聚会带来感染性疾病传播的风险,因为近距离,长时间的接触.
- 2022年乌干达烈士日纪念活动在纳穆贡戈吸引了2万多名朝圣者.
- 像COVID-19和病毒性出血热 (VHF) 这样的重点疾病需要在此类事件中进行监测.
研究的目的:
- 在2022年乌干达烈士日纪念活动的朝圣者中描述暗示COVID-19和VHF的综合征.
- 评估朝圣者群体中这些优先疾病的症状的流行程度.
主要方法:
- 在2022年5月25日至6月5日,在纳穆贡戈神社的朝圣者中进行了一项调查.
- 使用了疑似COVID-19 (急性呼吸道疾病) 和VHF (有不明原因出血的发烧) 的病例定义.
- 采用了朝圣者的系统抽样和从健康登记册中提取二次数据.
主要成果:
- 在1350名受访朝圣者中,236人 (18%) 报告至少有一种症状,42人 (3%) 报告两种或更多症状.
- 39名朝圣者 (2.9%) 被怀疑是COVID-19病例,3名 (0.2%) 被怀疑是VHF病例.
- 从医疗帐,有628名朝圣者 (11.3%) 怀疑COVID-19和一个怀疑VHF.
结论:
- 在活动期间,大约每50名朝圣者中有1人表现出COVID-19或VHF的症状.
- 加强综合征监测和实验室能力对于早期检测大规模集会的公共卫生威胁至关重要.
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