International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal (ISSN: 2832-5788) | Volume 5, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access DOI
Luciene Soares Silva*
Luciene Soares Silva1,2,3*, Kauê Francisco Corrêa de Souza e Souza4, Maria Leonisa Sanchez Nuñez2, Fábio Aguiar Alves 1,3,5 and Izabel Christina Numes de Palmer Paixão2,3.
1Pathology Post Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
2Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Marine Biotechnology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
3Applied Microbiology and Parasitology Post Graduate Program, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
4Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL, 33401, USA
*Correspondence to: Luciene Soares Silva
Fulltext PDFThe SARS-CoV-2 infection is highly transmissible, pathogenic and has such as main detection technique the quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Since its discovery in 2019, countless questions about parameters that could favor SARS-CoV-2 infection were raised. Therefore, we analyzed in this study nasopharyngeal swabs of part of the population floating at the Institute of Biology of the University Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Brazil, between August and September 2021 correlating the data to age, race, gender, demographic distribution and comorbidities pre/post SARS-CoV-2 infection. We showed that individuals with high number of viral copies are more susceptible to developing headache, runny nose, sneezing, fever, pain when swallowing and cough. Additionally, systemic arterial hypertension was not a comorbidity associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Regarding age, individuals aged 60 or over presented higher number of positive cases and according with self-declared data about gender, race and demographic distribution, female white and brown residents in northern region of Niteroi are more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thus, we conclude that population more vulnerable aged 60 or over and female gender are more susceptible the SARS-CoV-2 infection.
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; qRT-PCR; symptomatology; Niterói
Luciene Soares Silva, Kauê Francisco Corrêa de Souza e Souza, Maria Leonisa Sanchez Nuñez, Fábio Aguiar Alves and Izabel Christina Numes de Palmer Paixão. Evaluation of Symptoms and Viral Load in the Population of the Institute of Biology of the Federal Fluminense University During the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour. 2026;5(1):1-9.