TY - JOUR
T1 - Sars-cov-2 in the amazon region
T2 - A harbinger of doom for amerindians
AU - Ramírez, Juan David
AU - Sordillo, Emilia Mia
AU - Gotuzzo, Eduardo
AU - Zavaleta, Carol
AU - Caplivski, Daniel
AU - Navarro, Juan Carlos
AU - Crainey, James Lee
AU - Luz, Sergio Luiz Bessa
AU - Delgado Noguera, Lourdes A.
AU - Schaub, Roxane
AU - Rousseau, Cyril
AU - Herrera, Giovanny
AU - Oliveira-Miranda, Maria A.
AU - Quispe-Vargas, Maria Teresa
AU - Hotez, Peter J.
AU - Mondolfi, Alberto Paniz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Ramírez et al.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic contin-ues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon region is particularly susceptible to the wide-spread devastation from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its immunologi-cally fragile native Amerindian inhabitants and epidemiologic vulnerabilities. Herein, we discuss the current situation and potential impact of COVID-19 in the Amazon region and how further spread of the epidemic wave could prove devastating for many Amerindian people living in the Amazon rainforest.
AB - As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic contin-ues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon region is particularly susceptible to the wide-spread devastation from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its immunologi-cally fragile native Amerindian inhabitants and epidemiologic vulnerabilities. Herein, we discuss the current situation and potential impact of COVID-19 in the Amazon region and how further spread of the epidemic wave could prove devastating for many Amerindian people living in the Amazon rainforest.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85094982327
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008686
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008686
M3 - Article
C2 - 33119616
AN - SCOPUS:85094982327
SN - 1935-2727
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IS - 10
M1 - e0008686
ER -