COVID-19 mortality and deprivation: pandemic, syndemic, and endemic health inequalities

VJ McGowan, C Bambra - The Lancet Public Health, 2022 - thelancet.com
COVID-19 has exacerbated endemic health inequalities resulting in a syndemic pandemic
of higher mortality and morbidity rates among the most socially disadvantaged. We did a …

First and second COVID-19 waves in Brazil: A cross-sectional study of patients' characteristics related to hospitalization and in-hospital mortality

FA Zeiser, B Donida, CA da Costa… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Background The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was more
aggressive in Brazil compared to other countries around the globe. Considering the …

Impact of COVID-19 on food insecurity using multiple waves of high frequency household surveys

S Dasgupta, EJZ Robinson - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
In response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, governments across the globe have
implemented local lockdowns that have led to increased unemployment and have disrupted …

COVID‐19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Two years of the pandemic

A Schwalb, E Armyra… - Journal of internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, nations have struggled during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)
pandemic. However, Latin America and the Caribbean faced an unmatched catastrophic toll …

Higher risk of death from COVID-19 in low-income and non-White populations of São Paulo, Brazil

SL Li, RHM Pereira, CA Prete Jr, AE Zarebski… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Little evidence exists on the differential health effects of COVID-19 on
disadvantaged population groups. Here we characterise the differential risk of …

Educational attainment decreases the risk of COVID-19 severity in the European population: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

M Yoshikawa, K Asaba - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Observational studies have reported that the severity of COVID-19 depends not only on
physical conditions but also on socioeconomic status, including educational level. Because …

Epidemiologic profile of severe acute respiratory infection in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: an epidemiological study

NMS Sansone, MN Boschiero… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 is a significant public health issue, and monitoring confirmed
cases and deaths is an essential epidemiologic tool. We evaluated the features in Brazilian …

The prediction and analysis of COVID-19 epidemic trend by combining LSTM and Markov method

R Ma, X Zheng, P Wang, H Liu, C Zhang - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly to countries all around
the world from the end of 2019, which caused a great impact on global health and has had a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical, sociodemographic and environmental factors impact post-COVID-19 syndrome

JC Ferreira, TCL Moreira, AL de Araújo… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Sociodemographic and environmental factors are associated with incidence,
severity, and mortality of COVID-19. However, little is known about the role of such factors in …

Perceptions of critical care shortages, resource use, and provider well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of 1,985 health care providers in Brazil

SM Lobo, CJ Creutzfeldt, IS Maia, JA Town, E Amorim… - Chest, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Brazil has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, placing a high
burden on ICUs. Research Question Are perceptions of ICU resource availability associated …