COVID-19 outbreak in Iraqi Kurdistan: The first report characterizing epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings of the disease
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2020Author
Merza, Muayad A.
Haleem Al Mezori, Azad A.
Mohammed, Hakar Mustafa
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Introduction: On March 11, 2020, the novel coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. The disease was
named COVID-19 standing for coronavirus disease 2019. The objectives were to determine the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of COVID-19 patients.
Methods: In this prospective descriptive study, 15 confirmed hospitalized cases of COVID-19 between
18th March and April 7, 2020 were followed-up till discharge.
Results: There were 15 reported patients infected by 3 imported index cases from Europe. The mean age
of the patients was 28.06 (SD: 16.42 years). The patients’ age stratification was as follows: 0e5 (2, 13.3%);
6e18 (2, 13.3); 19e50 (10, 66.7%), and 51e64 years (1, 6.7%). The patients were male (9, 60.0%) and
female (6, 40.0%). Most of the patients had mild disease severity (13, 86.7%), followed by mild-moderate
(1, 6.7%) and moderate-severe (1, 6.7%). The study revealed that 6 patients were asymptomatic, and 9
patients were symptomatic. The most common symptoms were: fever (n ¼ 8; 53.3%), cough (n ¼ 7;
46.7%), shortness of breath (n ¼ 3; 20.0%), fatigue (n ¼ 3; 20.0%), and taste and smell disorders (n ¼ 4;
26.7%). All patients were recovered and discharged over a median of 8 between 8 and 21 days. The mean
and Std. deviation values of the hematological were: WBC: 6.57 (1.86); neutrophil count: 3.75 (1.26);
lymphocyte count: 1.87 (0.41); Hb: 13.89 (1.26); platelet count: 207.67 (52.21).
Conclusion: All COVID-19 cases were linked to foreign visits with few local transmissions to close contacts without community transmission. The majority of cases were mild illnesses with full recovery.
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