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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Travel Med
. 2020 Aug 31;taaa145.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa145. Online ahead of print.
The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Michael Ferreira Machado[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
This study showed a spatial association between COVID-19 and poor living conditions in a population in Northeast Brazil. The case fatality rate was 1.42 times higher in the municipalities with very high social deprivation. Priority municipalities have been identified for intervention by the public authorities.
Keywords: Coronavirus Disease; Ecological Study; SARS- CoV-2; Social Conditions; Social Determinants; Social Inequity; Social Vulnerability.
. 2020 Aug 31;taaa145.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa145. Online ahead of print.
The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Michael Ferreira Machado[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32869849
- DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa145
Abstract
This study showed a spatial association between COVID-19 and poor living conditions in a population in Northeast Brazil. The case fatality rate was 1.42 times higher in the municipalities with very high social deprivation. Priority municipalities have been identified for intervention by the public authorities.
Keywords: Coronavirus Disease; Ecological Study; SARS- CoV-2; Social Conditions; Social Determinants; Social Inequity; Social Vulnerability.