A traveling SARS-CoV-2 laboratory as part of a pandemic response among vulnerable Brazilian populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brazil has been dramatically hit by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and is a world leader in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Additionally, the largest country of Latin America has been a continuous source of SARS-CoV-2 variants and shows extraordinary variability of the pandemic strains probably related to the country´s outstanding position as a Latin American economical and transportation hub. Not all regions of the country show sufficient infrastructure for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and genotyping which can negatively impact the pandemic response.

Methods

Due to this reason and to disburden the diagnostic system of the inner São Paulo State, the Butantan Institute established the Mobile Laboratory (in Portuguese: LabMovel) for SARS-CoV-2 testing which started a trip of the

SUBMITTER: Elias MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9810251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature