Impact of detention structure on the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in young inmates

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Lysandro Pinto
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Guimarães, Adriana Gibara, Souza, Daniela Raguer Valadão de, Martins, Aline Fagundes, Rezende Neto, José Melquiades de, Santos, Aryanne Araujo, Invenção, Grazielly Bispo da, Matos, Igor Leonardo Santos, Santos, Kezia Alves dos, Souza, Nicolas Alessandro Alves, Walker, Cristiani Isabel Banderó, Jesus, Pamela Chaves, Oliveira, Lylyan Gleyze Brito, Oliveira, Makson Gleydson Brito de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/24680
• topic: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Unidades socioeducativas; Ensaios de imunofluorescência.; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Socio-educational units; Immunofluorescence assays.; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Unidades socioeducativas; Ensayos de inmunofluorescencia.

Considering that COVID-19 is a respiratory disease transmitted by contact and places of incarceration are an environment that imposes additional risks for viral spread, this study sought to identify cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in socio-educational units. We evaluated the seroprevalence of IgM and IgG for SARS-CoV-2 in workers and adolescents confined in five socio-educational units. Adolescents and workers tested positive for IgM (n=8, each), IgG (n=26; n=6) and both (n=13; n=6), with a greater chance of detecting IgG (OR: 2.16, p = 0.03) and both (OR: 68.59, p <0.0001) in adolescents who lived in shared accommodation accommodation (unit 5) than those who lived in separate rooms (units 1-4). The study showed the prevalence of COVID-19 in a socio-educational community, where the type of housing occupied by the individuals (single rooms vs a dormitory) was the main determining factor or the spread of the disease. Even adolescents in confinement presented antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.