Epidemiología y características de la infección por SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the newly discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it produces (COVID-19) has had a great social and health impact worldwide, and represents a public health challenge. The first cases were detected in December 2019, and to this day the number of confirmed cases and deaths continues to rise.