Trends in Incidence and Transmission Patterns of COVID-19 in Valencia, Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Limited information on the transmission and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 at the city scale is available.

Objective

To describe the local spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Valencia, Spain.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center epidemiological cohort study of patients with SARS-CoV-2 was performed at University General Hospital in Valencia (population in the hospital catchment area, 364 000), a tertiary hospital. The study included all consecutive patients with COVID-19 isolated at home from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on February 19 until August 31, 2020.

Exposures

Cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by the presence of IgM antibodies or a positive polymerase chain reaction test result on a nasopharyngeal swab were included. Cases in which pa

SUBMITTER: Romero Garcia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8214162 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature