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Emerg Infect Dis . Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March-December 2020

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis


. 2022 Sep 28;28(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2811.212158. Online ahead of print.
Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March-December 2020

Francisco R Martins-Melo, Marcia C Castro, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro, Jorg Heukelbach, Guilherme L Werneck

Abstract

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.

Keywords: American trypanosomiasis; Brazil; COVID-19; Chagas disease; SARS-CoV-2; Trypanosoma cruzi; co-infection; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; deaths; mortality rate; parasites; protozoa; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
 
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