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Comment
. 2021 Feb 3;104(2):783-785.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1465.

The Pathogenicity of COVID-19 Is Independent of Increasing Altitude: The Case of Colombia

Valeria Janice Valverde-Bruffau, Laura Cárdenas, Gustavo F Gonzales
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The Pathogenicity of COVID-19 Is Independent of Increasing Altitude: The Case of Colombia

Valeria Janice Valverde-Bruffau et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
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Figure 1.
(A) Association of positive cases to SARS-CoV-2 adjusted with population density in relation to altitude between 0 and < 1,000 m (P < 0.05). (B) Association of deaths from COVID-19 adjusted to the population density between 0 and < 1,000 m of altitude (P < 0.05). (C) Association of CFR (%) with altitude between 0 and < 1,000 m (P > 0.05). (D) Association of positive cases to SARS-CoV-2 adjusted to the population density between 1,000 and 3,259 m of altitude (P > 0.05). (E) Association of deaths from COVID-19 adjusted to the population density between 1,000 and 3,259 m of altitude (P > 0.05). (F) Association of CFR (%) with the altitude between 1,000 and 3,259 m (P > 0.05). CFR = case fatality rate. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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