Open AccessCOVID-19 and influenza: implications in the public health context
Author(s) -
Andrés Ricardo Pérez-Rieraa,
Raimundo Barbosa Barros,
Kjell Nikus,
Khalifa Elmusharaf
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of human growth and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2175-3598
pISSN - 0104-1282
DOI - 10.36311/jhgd.v32.12968
Subject(s) - pandemic , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , public health , hygiene , transmission (telecommunications) , intensive care medicine , pneumonia , medicine , coronavirus , environmental health , virology , biology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , pathology , paleontology , telecommunications
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 continues to have a major impact on health and social systems around the world. it becomes necessary to monitor these diseases so that there are parameters for better decision making on the appropriate clinical management of these respective diseases. The two viruses manifest themselves in a similar way, causing respiratory diseases that can present asymptomatically, as well as from the cold to severe respiratory problems until death. The form of transmission is similar, through contact with droplets or particles of saliva and secretions, which implies preventive actions that involve the same hygiene measures, use of masks and the need to cough using the elbow or disposable tissues. This characterizes a syndemic.