Molecular identification, clinical assessment, characterization of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR results: Insights into twenty-one months of COVID-19 pandemic in a single center in Bangladesh
1 Department of Molecular, Novus Clinical Research Services Limited (NCRSL), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2 Lab in Charge, Department of Molecular, Novus Clinical Research Services Limited (NCRSL), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3 Department of Medical Affairs, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Article
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2022, 12(03), 160–169.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2022.12.3.0234
Publication history:
Received on 27 October 2022; revised on 09 December 2022; accepted on 12 December 2022
Abstract:
Introduction: The pervasiveness of SARS-CoV-2 infection over millions of people renders a variety of symptoms among group of people and ages. This study aimed to appraise the clinical assessment, characterization, and comparative study on suspected SARS-CoV-2 infected patients and further illuminate its transmission dynamics.
Methods: It includes all the suspected SARS-CoV-2 infected cases from July 2020 to March 2022 in this retrospective single center study. All the cases confirmed by the golden method of detection (real-time RT-PCR) and analyzed for clinical and demographic features and laboratory data.
Result: Out of 35,630 cases, 11.4% cases confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. With 91.4% new and 8.6% follow-up suspected cases in total, SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed with 85.5% new cases and 14.5% from follow-up cases. 86.1% male suspected cases found where SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed for 73.8% with this gender group. 56.7% SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed for age range 20-39 and this age group counts 59.3% from the total suspected cases. Most confirmed cases (28.3%) counted from Uttara, Dhaka and this area covers 34.9% suspected cases from the total.
Conclusion: This study exhibited that, SARS-CoV-2 is more prone to male individual, individuals aged between 20-39 and occurs re infection hardly but not limited to. Symptoms observed for almost half of the confirmed cases.
Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 in Bangladesh; Pandemic; Clinical assessment, Characterization; Symptomatic; Asymptomatic; RT-PCR results
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