Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach

After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, its significant impact on global health is evident, with varying mortality, incidence, and fatality rates across different regions. Studies estimate over 40% of the world's population has been infected. The pandemic has disproportionately affected...

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Autores: Arnedo-Pena, Alberto, Guillén Grima, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:COVID-19
Epidemiology
Mortality
Vaccination
High-risk groups
Long-term care homes
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spelling Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approachArnedo-Pena, AlbertoGuillén Grima, FranciscoCOVID-19EpidemiologyMortalityVaccinationHigh-risk groupsLong-term care homesAfter three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, its significant impact on global health is evident, with varying mortality, incidence, and fatality rates across different regions. Studies estimate over 40% of the world's population has been infected. The pandemic has disproportionately affected low-income countries and vulnerable groups. A Special Issue in Epidemiologia focused on the epidemiology of COVID-19, examining high-risk groups, including long-term care home residents and staff, healthcare workers, and patients with chronic mental illness. Findings highlighted factors influencing COVID-19 incidence and mortality, such as facility conditions and staff ratios. Despite vaccination efforts reducing the severity of infections, transmission remains high, and ongoing research is crucial to manage new variants and future pandemics.MDPICiencias de la SaludOsasun Zientziak2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/51623reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglés© 2023 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/516232026-06-17T12:41:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
title Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
spellingShingle Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
Arnedo-Pena, Alberto
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Mortality
Vaccination
High-risk groups
Long-term care homes
title_short Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
title_full Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
title_fullStr Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
title_full_unstemmed Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
title_sort Incidence and risk factors of the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arnedo-Pena, Alberto
Guillén Grima, Francisco
author Arnedo-Pena, Alberto
author_facet Arnedo-Pena, Alberto
Guillén Grima, Francisco
author_role author
author2 Guillén Grima, Francisco
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias de la Salud
Osasun Zientziak
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Epidemiology
Mortality
Vaccination
High-risk groups
Long-term care homes
topic COVID-19
Epidemiology
Mortality
Vaccination
High-risk groups
Long-term care homes
description After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, its significant impact on global health is evident, with varying mortality, incidence, and fatality rates across different regions. Studies estimate over 40% of the world's population has been infected. The pandemic has disproportionately affected low-income countries and vulnerable groups. A Special Issue in Epidemiologia focused on the epidemiology of COVID-19, examining high-risk groups, including long-term care home residents and staff, healthcare workers, and patients with chronic mental illness. Findings highlighted factors influencing COVID-19 incidence and mortality, such as facility conditions and staff ratios. Despite vaccination efforts reducing the severity of infections, transmission remains high, and ongoing research is crucial to manage new variants and future pandemics.
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