SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians

As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon...

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Autores principales: Ramírez, Juan David, Sordillo, Emilia Mia, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Zavaleta, Carol, Caplivski, Daniel, Navarro, Juan Carlos, Crainey, James Lee, Bessa Luz, Sergio Luiz, Noguera, Lourdes A. Delgado, Schaub, Roxane, Rousseau, Cyril, Herrera, Giovanny, Oliveira-Miranda, Maria A, Quispe-Vargas, Maria Teresa, Hotez, Peter J., Mondolfi, Alberto Paniz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:
Policy Platform
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33119616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008686
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Sumario:As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon region is particularly susceptible to the widespread devastation from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its immunologically fragile native Amerindian inhabitants and epidemiologic vulnerabilities. Herein, we discuss the current situation and potential impact of COVID-19 in the Amazon region and how further spread of the epidemic wave could prove devastating for many Amerindian people living in the Amazon rainforest.

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