Epidemiological Aspects of the Initial Evolution of COVID-19 in Microregion of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is considered by the World Health Organization to be a global public health emergency, which presents regional divergences that affect the epidemiological profile of the disease and are associated with political, economic, social and behavioral aspects. We aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of the disease in the microregion of Uberlândia, Brazil, in order to determine risk factors that contributed to progression of SARS-CoV-2 virus. A cross-sectional study was conducted about micro- and macro-determinants combined with the significance analysis of suspected and confirmed cases in 18 municipalities during the epidemiological weeks (EW) 9 to 26. There were 34,046 notifications, of which 4935 (14.49%) people were diagnosed with COVID-19. Of these, 282 (5.71%) requir

SUBMITTER: Policarpo DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8157100 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature