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. 2021 Sep:39:101068.
doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101068. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

The foreseen loss of the battle against COVID-19 in South America: A foretold tragedy

Monica Malta  1   2 , Mario Vianna Vettore  3 , Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da Silva  4 , Angelica Baptista Silva  5 , Steffanie A Strathdee  6
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The foreseen loss of the battle against COVID-19 in South America: A foretold tragedy

Monica Malta et al. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

MM declares grants (PI NIH study 1R21MH119496 and Co-PI NIH study 1R01MH 119,101) and a leadership role at Leadership 500 Women Scientists NGO. SAS declares support from NIDA/NIH R01DA049644. All the other authors declare no competing interests.

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Daily new confirmed cases (per million people, July 14 2021,). Sourced from John Hopkins University, CSSE COVID-19 Data.
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