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Effect of Omicron on the prevalence of COVID-19 in international travelers at the Mexico city international airport. December 16th, 2021 to January 31st, 2022
GUSTAVO A. OLAIZ FERNÁNDEZ
FÉLIX JESÚS VICUÑA DE LANDA
Jorge Baruch Diaz-Ramirez
GERMAN ENRIQUE FAJARDO DOLCI
PATRICIA BAUTISTA CARBAJAL
ANTONIO HUMBERTO ANGEL AMBROCIO
MIGUEL LEONARDO GARCIA LEON
ELENA GABRIELA GÓMEZ PEÑA
JORGE ALEJANDRO CAMACHO MORALES
ROSA MARIA WONG CHEW
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102361
ntroduction: SARS-CoV-2 continues to have a high rate of contagion worldwide. The new variant of concern, Omicron, has mutations that decrease the effectiveness of vaccines and evade antibodies from previous infections resulting in a fourth wave of the pandemic. It was identified in Mexico in December 2021. Methods: The Traveler’s Preventive Care Clinic from the Faculty of Medicine UNAM at Mexico City International Airport has performed rapid antigen and PCR SARS CoV2 tests since January 2021 to comply with the new travel requirements. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected from each passenger and the fourth wave of the pandemic in Mexico mainly caused by Omicron was analyzed in the travelers. Results: A total of 5176 travelers attended the clinic between the second half of December 2021 and January 2022. Ten percent of all the tests performed were positive (13% of PCR and 9.3% of antigens, p = 0.001). Most of the SARS CoV2 positive cases were asymptomatic (78%), with a ratio of 3.5:1 over the symptomatic. By age groups, this ratio was higher for those under 20 years old (8.7:1). Discussion: This study shows the rapid escalation of positivity that occurred in Mexico, detected in travelers, from the second half of December 2020 and throughout the month of January 2021. The incidence of COVID-19 was extremely high in travelers who were mostly asymptomatic for the period under study.
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
22-05-2022
Artículo
https://www.elsevier.es/es
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VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS
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