The 2020 İzmir earthquake and its effect on COVID-19 cases

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dc.authorscopusid57208211340
dc.authorscopusid7005923356
dc.authorscopusid58055046600
dc.authorscopusid35611300300
dc.contributor.authorDurmaz, S.
dc.contributor.authorAslan, G.
dc.contributor.authorDurusoy, R.
dc.contributor.authorÇiçek, C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-25T18:45:40Z
dc.date.available2024-08-25T18:45:40Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOn 30 October 2020, an earthquake measuring 6.9 moment magnitude occurred between Kusadasi and Samos, Türkiye, with a significant impact on buildings in the Bornova–Bayraklı district of İzmir. Immediately afterwards, a comprehensive study was commenced to investigate the relationship between the earthquake that occurred during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and case numbers at the Ege University, Faculty of Medicine’s Hospital in Bornova, İzmir. This cross-sectional study was carried out based on the records of those admitted to the university hospital with suspicion of COVID-19 in the pre-earthquake and post-earthquake periods of the pandemic. The microbiology laboratory of the hospital used reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results as a dependent variable and compared with the time, age and gender as the independent variables, classified according to the timing of the earthquake. RT-PCR test results were positive in 11.60% of the whole study group; however, tests were 6.69% positive before the earthquake and increased to 23.42% afterwards (P < 0.001), which equated to an increase of 4.25 times (95% CI 4.04–4.47) when comparing pre- to post-earthquake RT-PCR positivity (P < 0.001). The positive COVID-19 RT-PCR detection rate among those aged 50 and over was greater by a factor of 1.15 (95% CI 1.06–1.23) compared to a younger age group (P < 0.001). There was no difference for the gender variable used in suspected case or contact tracing applications of COVID-19 PCR. However, when stratified by age and gender, in the female group, there was a 1.24-fold (95% CI 1.11–1.38) increase in the 50+ age group (26.2%) compared to the younger age group (22.2%) after the earthquake (P < 0.001). In the male group, the rate of laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 before the earthquake was in the under-50 age group (7.6%) as compared to the >50 age group (5.2%; P < 0.001). © 2023 CSIRO. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/MA23056
dc.identifier.endpage211en_US
dc.identifier.issn1324-4272
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85178578856en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage207en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1071/MA23056
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/101652
dc.identifier.volume44en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSIROen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMicrobiology Australiaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240825_Gen_US
dc.subjectageen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectearthquakeen_US
dc.subjectepidemic curveen_US
dc.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en_US
dc.subjectTürkiyeen_US
dc.subjectİzmiren_US
dc.subjectadulten_US
dc.subjectArticleen_US
dc.subjectcontrolled studyen_US
dc.subjectcoronavirus disease 2019en_US
dc.subjectcross-sectional studyen_US
dc.subjectearthquakeen_US
dc.subjectfemaleen_US
dc.subjecthospital admissionen_US
dc.subjecthumanen_US
dc.subjecthuman tissueen_US
dc.subjectlaboratory diagnosisen_US
dc.subjectlaboratory testen_US
dc.subjectmajor clinical studyen_US
dc.subjectmaleen_US
dc.subjectnasopharyngeal swaben_US
dc.subjectpandemicen_US
dc.subjectpositivity rateen_US
dc.subjectreverse transcription polymerase chain reactionen_US
dc.titleThe 2020 İzmir earthquake and its effect on COVID-19 casesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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