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. 2020 Aug:279:103448.
doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103448. Epub 2020 May 8.

Propagation by COVID-19 at high altitude: Cusco case

Charles Huamaní  1 , Lucio Velásquez  2 , Sonia Montes  3 , Franklin Miranda-Solis  4
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Propagation by COVID-19 at high altitude: Cusco case

Charles Huamaní et al. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2020 Aug.
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Fig. 1
Example of two cases COVID-19 positive treated in Cusco, Peru (3300msnm). Case A) 53 years old male-patient, morbid obese, required ICU care, CT with diffuse consolidation. B) 58-year-old female patient, morbid obese, hospitalized without requiring ICU care, CT with increased extent and density of bilateral lung opacities, with ground glass.
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  • Does the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 virus decrease at high-altitude?
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