One year of COVID-19: infection rates and symptoms in patients with inherited metabolic diseases followed by MetabERN.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, MetabERN has been monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 infection rates within its metabolic community. To gather data on the total number of cases and the severity of symptoms among IMD patients one year into the pandemic, an online survey was distributed among all MetabERN healthcare providers (HCP). Epidemiological analysis was performed by integrating the survey's data with the MetabERN database.

Results

Survey's respondents reported a total of 452 cases of COVID-19 among their IMD patients (213 paediatric and 239 adults). Considering the total number of patients followed by the respondents (n = 26,347), the registered prevalence of COVID-19 in the IMD population was of 1716 × 100,000. Italy emerged as the most affected countr

SUBMITTER: Paneghetti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature