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High altitude reduces infection rate of COVID-19 but not case-fatality rate

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is suggested that life at high altitude may reduce COVID-19 infections and case-fatality rates (cases/deaths). We study data from Peru COVID-19 pandemics, which first case was r...

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Autores principales: Segovia-Juarez, Jose, Castagnetto, Jesús M., Gonzales, Gustavo F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32679369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2020.103494