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Editorial
. 2020 Mar-Apr;24(2):93-95.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Deep impact of COVID-19 in the healthcare of Latin America: the case of Brazil

Sergio Cimerman  1 , Alberto Chebabo  2 , Clovis Arns da Cunha  3 , Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales  4
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Deep impact of COVID-19 in the healthcare of Latin America: the case of Brazil

Sergio Cimerman et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr.
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Hospitalizations due to Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI), during the first 15 epidemiological weeks of 2019 and 2020. (A) New number per week. (B) Cumulative per week.
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