Aging & COVID-19 susceptibility, disease severity, and clinical outcomes: The role of entangled risk factors

M Farshbafnadi, SK Zonouzi, M Sabahi… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) in late 2019 has been associated with a high rate of mortality and morbidity. It has been …

Estimating the early impact of vaccination against COVID-19 on deaths among elderly people in Brazil: Analyses of routinely-collected data on vaccine coverage and …

CG Victora, MC Castro, S Gurzenda, AC Medeiros… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background: Vaccination against COVID-19 in Brazil started in January 2021, with health
workers and the elderly as the priority groups. We assessed whether there was an impact of …

Involvement of political and socio-economic factors in the spatial and temporal dynamics of COVID-19 outcomes in Brazil: A population-based study

DR Xavier, EL e Silva, FA Lara, GRR e Silva… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Brazil has been severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemics that is aggravated
by the absence of a scientifically-driven coordinated informative campaign and the …

Current views on the potentials of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis …

JK Aviani, D Halim, AY Soeroto… - Reviews in medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) has been investigated as a treatment for COVID‐19.
This review evaluates CPT in COVID‐19 and other viral respiratory diseases, including …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiologic profile of severe acute respiratory infection in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological study

NMS Sansone, MN Boschiero… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 is a significant public health issue, and monitoring confirmed
cases and deaths is an essential epidemiologic tool. We evaluated the features in Brazilian …

Inference of COVID-19 epidemiological distributions from Brazilian hospital data

I Hawryluk, TA Mellan… - Journal of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Knowing COVID-19 epidemiological distributions, such as the time from patient admission to
death, is directly relevant to effective primary and secondary care planning, and moreover …

Covid adult mortality in Brazil: an analysis of multiple causes of death

AM Nogales Vasconcelos, L Ishitani… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study aimed to analyze the chain of events and contributing causes
associated with COVID-19 adult mortality (30–69 years old), based on qualified data on CoD …

Severe acute respiratory infection surveillance in Brazil: the role of public, private and philanthropic healthcare units

AD Silva, ABG Veiga, OG Cruz… - Health Policy and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Epidemiological surveillance and notification of respiratory infections are important for
management and control of epidemics and pandemics. Fact-based decisions, like social …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for death due to COVID-19, in the state of Acre, Brazil, 2020: a retrospective cohort study

PR Prado, FRE Gimenes, MVM Lima… - … e Serviços de Saúde, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo: Analisar fatores de risco para óbito em indivíduos com síndrome respiratória
aguda grave por COVID-19. Métodos: Coorte retrospectiva, constituída de indivíduos …

Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infection and influenza vaccine effectiveness among hospitalized Italian adults, 2021/22 season

D Panatto, A Domnich, M Chironna, D Loconsole… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Following an extremely low incidence of influenza during the first waves of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021/22 Northern Hemisphere winter season saw a resurgence of …