Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March-December 2020.

ABSTRACT: We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of 492 deaths related to Chagas disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) co-infection in Brazil during March‒December 2020. Cumulative co-infected death rates were highest among advanced age groups, persons of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity and with low education levels, and geographically distributed mainly in major Chagas disease‒endemic areas.

SUBMITTER: Martins-Melo FR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature