- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Artificial Intelligence in Education
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
Universidad de Las Américas
2022-2024
Background: Several reports from around the world have reported that some patients who recovered COVID-19 experienced a range of persistent or new clinical symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. These can last weeks to months, impacting everyday functioning significant number patients. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis based on an online, self-reporting questionnaire was conducted in Ecuador April July 2022. Participants were invited by social media, radio, and TV voluntarily participate our...
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of pressure on health systems worldwide. Mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 reduced morbidity and mortality Despite their safety profiles, vaccines, as with any other medical product, can cause adverse events. Yet, in countries poor epidemiological surveillance monitoring systems, reporting vaccine-related events is challenge. objective this study was to describe self-reported vaccine after receiving one the available schemes Ecuador. A cross-sectional...
Background The World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease study estimate that almost 800 000 people die from suicide yearly. role non-traditional risk factors such as climate high-altitude exposure are poorly understood. Aims This aims to determine a potential relationship between altitude rates among 221 cantons located at different altitudes ranging 0 4300 m. Method We conducted an 11-year, country-wide, population-based analysis on age- gender-standardised in Ecuador,...
SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world, including remote areas such as those located at high altitudes. There is a debate about role of hypobaric hypoxia on viral transmission and COVID-19 incidence. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis infection load among patients living low (230 m) altitude (3800 in Ecuador was completed. Within these two communities, total number infected people time study 108 cases (40.3%). The incidence proportion 64% while 30.3%. mean from who tested positive...