학술논문
SARS-CoV-2 in the Amazon region: A harbinger of doom for Amerindians.
Document Type
Article
Author
Ramírez, Juan David; Sordillo, Emilia Mia; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Zavaleta, Carol; Caplivski, Daniel; Navarro, Juan Carlos; Crainey, James Lee; Bessa Luz, Sergio Luiz; Noguera, Lourdes A. Delgado; Schaub, Roxane; Rousseau, Cyril; Herrera, Giovanny; Oliveira-Miranda, Maria A; Quispe-Vargas, Maria Teresa; Hotez, Peter J.; Mondolfi, Alberto Paniz
Source
Subject
*COVID-19
*INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas
*PANDEMICS
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Language
ISSN
1935-2727
Abstract
As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon region is particularly susceptible to the widespread devastation from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its immunologically fragile native Amerindian inhabitants and epidemiologic vulnerabilities. Herein, we discuss the current situation and potential impact of COVID-19 in the Amazon region and how further spread of the epidemic wave could prove devastating for many Amerindian people living in the Amazon rainforest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]