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Review
. 2020 Nov 9;27(7):taaa145.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa145.

The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza  1 , Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo  2   3 , Michael Ferreira Machado  1
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Review

The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

This study showed a spatial association between COVID-19 and poor living conditions in a population in Northeast Brazil. The case fatality rate was 1.42 times higher in the municipalities with very high social deprivation. Priority municipalities have been identified for intervention by the public authorities.

Keywords: access to care; equity; inequality; low to middle income countries; race; social justice.

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