Epidemiological Analysis of COVID-19 Cases in Native Amazonian Communities from Peru

Cecilia Pajuelo-Reyes; Hugo J. Valencia; Carla C. Montenegro; Eduardo Quezada; Lizandro Gonzales; Norma Cruz; Carlos Canelo; Carla Ordinola; Jorge L. Maicelo Quintana; Juan R. Tejedo; Rafael Tapia-Limonchi; Stella M. Chenet

doi:10.3390/epidemiologia2040034

Epidemiological Analysis of COVID-19 Cases in Native Amazonian Communities from Peru

Cecilia Pajuelo-Reyes
, Hugo J. Valencia
, Carla C. Montenegro
, Eduardo Quezada
, Lizandro Gonzales
, Norma Cruz
, Carlos Canelo
, Carla Ordinola
, Jorge L. Maicelo Quintana
, Juan R. Tejedo
, Rafael Tapia-Limonchi
, Stella M. Chenet^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Despite early control measures, SARS-CoV-2 reached all regions of Peru during the first wave of the pandemic, including native communities of the Peruvian Amazon. Here, we aimed to describe the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 in the Amazonas region of Peru using an open database of 11,124 COVID-19 cases reported from 19 March to 29 July 2020, including 3278 cases from native communities. A high-incidence area in northern Amazonas (Condorcanqui) reported a cumulative incidence of 63.84/1000 inhabitants with a much lower death rate (0.95%) than the national average. Our results showed at least eight significant factors for mortality, and the Native Amazonian ethnicity as a protective factor. Molecular confirmatory tests are necessary to better explain the high incidence of antibody response reported in these communities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	490-501
Number of pages	12
Journal	Epidemiologia
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia2040034
State	Published - Dec 2021

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COVID-19
epidemiology
hazard ratio
native communities
Peru
RDTs
transmission chain

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