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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
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description 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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spelling pubmed-75952822020-11-02 SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians 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 PLoS Negl Trop Dis Policy Platform 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. Public Library of Science 2020-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7595282/ /pubmed/33119616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008686 Text en © 2020 Ramírez et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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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
SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title_full SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title_short SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians
title_sort sars-cov-2 in the amazon region: a harbinger of doom for amerindians
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url 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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