Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil.
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Lewis Fletcher Buss;
Darlan da Silva Candido;
Jean-Paul Carrera ;
Sabrina Li;
Alexander E Zarebski ;
Rafael Henrique Moraes Pereira ;
Carlos A Prete ;
Andreza Aruska de Souza-Santos ;
Kris V Parag ;
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Maria Carolina TD Belotti ;
Maria F Vincenti-Gonzalez;
Janey Messina ;
Flavia Cristina da Silva Sales ;
Pamela Dos Santos Andrade ;
Vítor Heloiz Nascimento ;
Fabio Ghilardi;
Leandro Abade ;
Bernardo Gutierrez ;
Moritz UG Kraemer ;
Carlos KV Braga;
Renato Santana Aguiar;
Neal Alexander ;
Philippe Mayaud ;
Oliver J Brady ;
Izabel Marcilio ;
Nelson Gouveia ;
Guangdi Li;
Adriana Tami;
Silvano Barbosa de Oliveira;
Victor Bertollo Gomes Porto ;
Fabiana Ganem;
Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida ;
Francieli Fontana Sutile Tardetti Fantinato;
Eduardo Marques Macário;
Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira;
Mauricio L Nogueira ;
Oliver G Pybus ;
Chieh-Hsi Wu ;
Julio Croda ;
Ester C Sabino;
Nuno Rodrigues Faria ;
(2020)
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 4 (8).
pp. 856-865.
ISSN 2397-3374
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0928-4
The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the first 3 months of the epidemic. By 31 May 2020, 514,200 COVID-19 cases, including 29,314 deaths, had been reported in 75.3% (4,196 of 5,570) of municipalities across all five administrative regions of Brazil. The R0 value for Brazil was estimated at 3.1 (95% Bayesian credible interval = 2.4-5.5), with a higher median but overlapping credible intervals compared with some other seriously affected countries. A positive association between higher per-capita income and COVID-19 diagnosis was identified. Furthermore, the severe acute respiratory infection cases with unknown aetiology were associated with lower per-capita income. Co-circulation of six respiratory viruses was detected but at very low levels. These findings provide a comprehensive description of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and may help to guide subsequent measures to control virus transmission.
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