TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil
AU - de Souza, William Marciel
AU - Buss, Lewis Fletcher
AU - Candido, Darlan da Silva
AU - Carrera, Jean-Paul
AU - Li, Sabrina
AU - Zarebski, Alexander E.
AU - Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes
AU - Prete, Carlos A.
AU - de Souza-Santos, Andreza Aruska
AU - Parag, Kris V.
AU - Belotti, Maria Carolina T. D.
AU - Vincenti-Gonzalez, Maria F.
AU - Messina, Janey
AU - da Silva Sales, Flavia Cristina
AU - Andrade, Pamela dos Santos
AU - Nascimento, Vitor Heloiz
AU - Ghilardi, Fabio
AU - Abade, Leandro
AU - Gutierrez, Bernardo
AU - Kraemer, Moritz U. G.
AU - Braga, Carlos K. V.
AU - Aguiar, Renato Santana
AU - Alexander, Neal
AU - Mayaud, Philippe
AU - Brady, Oliver J.
AU - Marcilio, Izabel
AU - Gouveia, Nelson
AU - Li, Guangdi
AU - Tami, Adriana
AU - de Oliveira, Silvano Barbosa
AU - Porto, Victor Bertollo Gomes
AU - Ganem, Fabiana
AU - de Almeida, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira
AU - Fantinato, Francieli Fontana Sutile Tardetti
AU - Macario, Eduardo Marques
AU - de Oliveira, Wanderson Kleber
AU - Nogueira, Mauricio L.
AU - Pybus, Oliver G.
AU - Wu, Chieh-Hsi
AU - Croda, Julio
AU - Sabino, Ester C.
AU - Faria, Nuno Rodrigues
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the first 3 months of the epidemic. By 31 May 2020, 514,200 COVID-19 cases, including 29,314 deaths, had been reported in 75.3% (4,196 of 5,570) of municipalities across all five administrative regions of Brazil. The R0 value for Brazil was estimated at 3.1 (95% Bayesian credible interval = 2.4–5.5), with a higher median but overlapping credible intervals compared with some other seriously affected countries. A positive association between higher per-capita income and COVID-19 diagnosis was identified. Furthermore, the severe acute respiratory infection cases with unknown aetiology were associated with lower per-capita income. Co-circulation of six respiratory viruses was detected but at very low levels. These findings provide a comprehensive description of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and may help to guide subsequent measures to control virus transmission.
AB - The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the first 3 months of the epidemic. By 31 May 2020, 514,200 COVID-19 cases, including 29,314 deaths, had been reported in 75.3% (4,196 of 5,570) of municipalities across all five administrative regions of Brazil. The R0 value for Brazil was estimated at 3.1 (95% Bayesian credible interval = 2.4–5.5), with a higher median but overlapping credible intervals compared with some other seriously affected countries. A positive association between higher per-capita income and COVID-19 diagnosis was identified. Furthermore, the severe acute respiratory infection cases with unknown aetiology were associated with lower per-capita income. Co-circulation of six respiratory viruses was detected but at very low levels. These findings provide a comprehensive description of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and may help to guide subsequent measures to control virus transmission.
U2 - 10.1038/s41562-020-0928-4
DO - 10.1038/s41562-020-0928-4
M3 - Article
SN - 2397-3374
VL - 4
SP - 856
EP - 865
JO - Nature Human Behaviour
JF - Nature Human Behaviour
IS - 8
ER -