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Estimated mortality rate and leading causes of death among individuals with chi...
Frutuoso,Livia Carla Vinhal; Freitas,André Ricardo Ribas; Cavalcanti,Luciano Pamplona de Góes; Duarte,Elisabeth CarmenAbstract INTRODUCTION: In 2014, the first cases of autochthonous chikungunya (CHIK) were recorded in Brazil. Lethality associated with this disease is underestimated. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the causes of death among individuals with CHIK in Brazil. METHODS: A descriptive observational study was conducted on individuals with CHIK who died within 6 months from symptom onset. Data pairing between the In...
Tracking excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 epidemic as an epidemiologi...
Freitas,André Ricardo Ribas; Medeiros,Nicole Montenegro de; Frutuoso,Livia Carla Vinhal; Beckedorff,Otto Albuquerque; Martin,Lucas Mariscal Alves deAbstract INTRODUCTION: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. In Brazil, 110 thousand cases and 5,901 deaths were confirmed by the end of April 2020. The scarcity of laboratory resources, the overload on the service network, and the broad clinical spectrum of the disease make it difficult to document all the deaths due to COVID-19. The aim o...