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ArticleFrontiers in public health2020

Epidemiological Chronicle of the First Recovered Coronavirus Disease Patient From Panama: Evidence of Early Cluster Transmission in a High School of Panama City.

Augusto Hernandez, Paul Muñoz, Jose C Rojas, Gilberto A Eskildsen, Julio Sandoval, K S Rao, Rolando A Gittens, Jose R Loaiza

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Augusto HernandezUnidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Complejo Hospitalario Doctor Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), Panama City, Panama.
Paul MuñozUnidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Complejo Hospitalario Doctor Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), Panama City, Panama.
Jose C RojasColegio Monseñor Francisco Beckmann, Panama City, Panama.
Gilberto A EskildsenCentro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama City, Panama.
Julio SandovalUnidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Ministerio de Salud de Panamá (MINSA), Panama City, Panama.
K S RaoCentro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama City, Panama.
Rolando A GittensCentro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama City, Panama.
Jose R LoaizaCentro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama City, Panama.
Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid · PAInstituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología · PAUniversidad de Panamá · PASmithsonian Tropical Research Institute · PA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first patient infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Panama was reported on March 9, 2020. Here, we describe the first case of recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. The patient was a 49-year-old male high school teacher, who did not show any primary symptoms of COVID-19 described by health authorities as the signs for medical attention. Nonetheless, he became severely ill over the course of 2 weeks and almost lost the battle against COVID-19. The identification of the first cluster of SARS-CoV-2 community transmission in the secondary school where the patient of this case report taught, led to the closure of the school and, a day after, the shutdown of the national education system, which may have prevented the spread and slowed the transmission rate of COVID-19 during the early stages of invasion. This case report highlights the need to increase awareness among healthcare professionals in Latin America to consider symptoms such as anosmia and dysgeusia as the sentinel signs of COVID-19 infection in order to prevent deaths, especially in high-risk patients.

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COVID-19DysgeusiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedPanamaSARS-CoV-2SchoolsanosmiaCOVID-19dysgeusiaepidemiological investigationPanama CitySARS-CoV-2

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PMID33042951
PMCPMC7522195
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