KARACHI: More than nine out of 10 people inflamed with a coronavirus have no symptoms of the disease, according to a new examination by researchers at Aga Khan University (AKU).
Karachi has the highest instances of Covid-19 in Pakistan and has noticed that AKU University investigates the prevalence of Covid-19 in parts of the city with maximum and low network transmission rates in April and June 2020.
The test found that 95% of the other people who tested positive for Covid-19 through blood tests, which record the presence of antibodies to fight the disease, reported that they did not feel any symptoms of the disease, such as cough, fever or sore throat. on the contrary, they were asymptomatic.
The proportion of asymptomatic cases in Pakistan is much higher than in the evolved world. Since other asymptomatic people are not seeking hospital treatment, this would possibly explain why Pakistani hospitals have not been subjected to the same tension as in Spain and the UK, the researchers said.
The effects also mean that young people and adolescents are just as likely to get the disease as adults. Men and women run the same threat of becoming infected.
The study also showed a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases between April and June this year, from 0. 2% to 8. 7% in low network transmission spaces such as Ibrahim Hyderi, and from 0. 4% to 15. 1% at major network transmission sites. such as Safoora Goth, Faisal Cantonment, Pehlwan Goth and Shanti Nagar. These effects are consistent with the federal government’s national examination in which antibody tests found that, in general, 11% of Pakistanis had the disease.
“The strong accumulation of antibody grades in a domain where reported cases are low indicates that the virus continues to spread uncontrolled in populations where control rates are suboptimal,” said Dr. Imran Nisar, assistant professor at AKU and co-researcher of the study. .
More than 2,000 participants participated in the first two stages of the study. Researchers are recently conducting the third survey and plan to conduct a fourth survey in September 2020. These surveys will show the effect of easing blockages on the rate of coronavirus transmission in communities.
“Antibody testing or seroprevalence provides a real picture of the burden of Covid-19, as they capture asymptomatic instances that constitute silent carriers of the disease,” said Dr. Fyezah Jehan, associate professor at AKU and co-researcher of the study. , when and in what kind of contexts COVID-19-19 is the emergence of effective infection prevention measures and public ability to break down chains of transmission. “
Dr. Nadia Ansari and Dr. Mashal Amin of AKU, along with US-based collaborators. Dr. Bailey Fosdick and Dr. Daniel Barremore also contributed to the study.
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