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. 2020 Jun;10(1):010379.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010379.

COVID-19 among health workers in Brazil: The silent wave

Emanuelle Pessa Valente  1 , Lia Cruz Vaz da Costa Damásio  2 , Leonardo Sérvio Luz  2 , Marília Francisca da Silva Pereira  2 , Marzia Lazzerini  1
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COVID-19 among health workers in Brazil: The silent wave

Emanuelle Pessa Valente et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun.
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Conflict of interest: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine online platform for reporting shortcomings of resources (eg, personal protective equipment) in workplaces. Used with permission kindly provided by Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine.
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COVID-19 positive cases among health workers by Brazilian federal state. HW – health worker. Note: only six states had data available on health worker infection; Pernambuco state has a policy for HW testing. Data sources: State epidemiological bulletins, accessed 27 April 2020 [13-19].
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