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.

doi:10.3201/eid2811.212158

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

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11 2022
By Martins-Melo, Francisco R. ; Castro, Marcia C. ; Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Martins-Melo, Francisco R. ; Castro, Marcia C. ; Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P. ; Heukelbach, Jorg ; Werneck, Guilherme L.
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.
Subjects:

American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Disease Coinfection COVID-19 SARS-COV-2
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(11):2285-2289
Pubmed ID:

36170771
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC9622242
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Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Brazil
Volume:

28
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:bc523d9db37aa82a024194fa7291784b5db144b468d700d15f123aa535333040
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