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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Infect Dis
. 2024 Jul 18;24(1):704.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09598-1. The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: space-time approach of cases, deaths, and vaccination coverage (February 2020 - April 2024)
Thaís Zamboni Berra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yan Mathias Alves[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marcela Antunes Paschoal Popolin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Reginaldo Bazon Vaz Tavares[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ariela Feh Tártaro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Monica Chiodi Toscano de Campos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Natacha Martins Ribeiro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rander Junior Rosa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Objective: To assess the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and its macro-regions, considering disease incidence and mortality rates, as well as identifying territories with still rising disease indices and evaluating vaccine coverage and population adherence to COVID-19 immunization.
Methods: An ecological study conducted in Brazil with COVID-19 cases and deaths reported between February 2020 and April 2024, obtained through the Coronavirus Panel. Historical series were constructed from incidence and mortality rates to assess the pandemic's evolution, and temporal trends were estimated using the Seasonal Trend Decomposition using Loess (STL) method. The Spatial Variation in Temporal Trends (SVTT) technique was employed to identify clusters with significant variations in temporal trends. Vaccination was analyzed considering the percentage of vaccinated and unvaccinated population in each municipality of the country.
Results: Brazil recorded a total of 38,795,966 cases and 712,038 deaths from COVID-19 during the study period. Incidence and mortality rates showed three waves of the disease, with a fourth wave of smaller amplitude. Four clusters with significant case growth and two with increased deaths were identified. Vaccine coverage varied among municipalities, with some regions showing low vaccination rates and others with high immunization adherence.
Conclusion: The study provided a comprehensive overview of coronavirus behavior in Brazil, and its results highlight the ongoing importance of vaccination and the need to direct efforts and resources to areas of higher risk.
Keywords: COVID-19; Real World evidence; Spatial analysis; Time Series Analysis.
. 2024 Jul 18;24(1):704.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09598-1. The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: space-time approach of cases, deaths, and vaccination coverage (February 2020 - April 2024)
Thaís Zamboni Berra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yan Mathias Alves[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marcela Antunes Paschoal Popolin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Reginaldo Bazon Vaz Tavares[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ariela Feh Tártaro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Monica Chiodi Toscano de Campos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Natacha Martins Ribeiro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rander Junior Rosa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 39026177
- DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09598-1
Objective: To assess the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and its macro-regions, considering disease incidence and mortality rates, as well as identifying territories with still rising disease indices and evaluating vaccine coverage and population adherence to COVID-19 immunization.
Methods: An ecological study conducted in Brazil with COVID-19 cases and deaths reported between February 2020 and April 2024, obtained through the Coronavirus Panel. Historical series were constructed from incidence and mortality rates to assess the pandemic's evolution, and temporal trends were estimated using the Seasonal Trend Decomposition using Loess (STL) method. The Spatial Variation in Temporal Trends (SVTT) technique was employed to identify clusters with significant variations in temporal trends. Vaccination was analyzed considering the percentage of vaccinated and unvaccinated population in each municipality of the country.
Results: Brazil recorded a total of 38,795,966 cases and 712,038 deaths from COVID-19 during the study period. Incidence and mortality rates showed three waves of the disease, with a fourth wave of smaller amplitude. Four clusters with significant case growth and two with increased deaths were identified. Vaccine coverage varied among municipalities, with some regions showing low vaccination rates and others with high immunization adherence.
Conclusion: The study provided a comprehensive overview of coronavirus behavior in Brazil, and its results highlight the ongoing importance of vaccination and the need to direct efforts and resources to areas of higher risk.
Keywords: COVID-19; Real World evidence; Spatial analysis; Time Series Analysis.