Pandemic Outbreaks in the 21st Century 2021
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-85662-1.00012-4
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Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Latin America

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“…The pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a profound impact on global health, and an especially greater impact in countries with limited healthcare infrastructure ( 1 , 2 ). Throughout the pandemic, Latin America experienced high mortality rates and a lack of access to adequate health resources, including limited access to vaccines which took the most crucial role in mitigating the spread of disease and its severity ( 3 5 ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a profound impact on global health, and an especially greater impact in countries with limited healthcare infrastructure ( 1 , 2 ). Throughout the pandemic, Latin America experienced high mortality rates and a lack of access to adequate health resources, including limited access to vaccines which took the most crucial role in mitigating the spread of disease and its severity ( 3 5 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tal genoma também teria forte relação com o encontrado em morcegos (Rhinolophus affinis), com 96,2% de homologia. Dessa forma, a transmissão direta ao homem, a partir de morcegos, não foi descartada, sugerindo a exposição às fezes contaminadas no espaço em comum, como o mercado de frutos do mar de Huanan, China (LIU et al, 2020; RODRÍGUEZ-MORALES et al, 2020;YE et al, 2020;PLATTO et al, 2021).A presença de reservatórios na natureza dificulta a erradicação de doenças que dispõem de vacinas efetivas, a exemplo da vacina da raiva (RAV). A RAV é uma doença classificada como tropical e zoonótica negligenciada, de importância histórica e ainda está presente em todos os continentes, afetando mais de 150 países e responsável por cerca de 60.000 mortes humanas em todo o mundo a cada ano (OPAS, 2023b) Os cães são a fonte de infecção na maioria dos casos de RAV humana.…”
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