Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March–December 2020

We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of 492 deaths related to Chagas disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) co-infection in Brazil during March‒December 2020. Cumulative co-infected death rates were highest among advanced age groups, persons of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity and...

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Autores principales: Martins-Melo, Francisco R., Castro, Marcia C., Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P., Heukelbach, Jorg, Werneck, Guilherme L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36170771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.212158
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author Martins-Melo, Francisco R.
Castro, Marcia C.
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Heukelbach, Jorg
Werneck, Guilherme L.
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description We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of 492 deaths related to Chagas disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) co-infection in Brazil during March‒December 2020. Cumulative co-infected death rates were highest among advanced age groups, persons of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity and with low education levels, and geographically distributed mainly in major Chagas disease‒endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-96222422022-11-05 Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March–December 2020 Martins-Melo, Francisco R. Castro, Marcia C. Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P. Heukelbach, Jorg Werneck, Guilherme L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of 492 deaths related to Chagas disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) co-infection in Brazil during March‒December 2020. Cumulative co-infected death rates were highest among advanced age groups, persons of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity and with low education levels, and geographically distributed mainly in major Chagas disease‒endemic areas. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9622242/ /pubmed/36170771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.212158 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_sort deaths related to chagas disease and covid-19 co-infection, brazil, march–december 2020
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