Abstract INTRODUCTION: In March 2020, the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases overburdened the Italian health system, with the country becoming the pandemic's epicenter. METHODS: We present a narrative review based on manuscripts, official documents, and newspaper articles regarding COVID-19 in Italy. ...
Betacoronavirus,
Infecciones por Coronavirus,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/mortalidad,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control,
Brotes de Enfermedades/prevención & control,
Planificación en Salud,
Italia/epidemiología,
Pandemias/prevención & control,
Neumonía Viral/epidemiología,
Neumonía Viral/mortalidad,
Neumonía Viral/prevención & control,
Cuarentena/métodos
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Mathematical models have been used to obtain long-term forecasts of the COVID-19 epidemic. METHODS: The daily COVID-19 case count in two Brazilian states was used to show the potential limitations of long-term forecasting through the application of a mathematical model to the dat...
Abstract Two decades ago, Robert Proctor coined the term agnotology to refer to the study of ignorance that stems from scientific research. Amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, the world is witnessing the greatest natural experiment ever, and countries have adopted different response strategies. An eva...
Las pandemias y epidemias ponen en peligro la supervivencia humana y reducen la capacidad de producción de recursos para asegurarla, por lo que requieren respuestas adecuadas desde la salud pública. De ahí que el objetivo del presente artículo sea exponer algunas consideraciones generales acerca de l...
El modelo básico SIR (Susceptibles-Infectados-Recuperados) de Kermack y McKendrick, es un modelo de compartimentos donde la población bajo estudio se divide en clases epidemiológicas y se describe un flujo entre ellas. Un sistema sanitario robusto que proporcione al modelo datos confiables y aunados a...
The purpose of the immune system is to protect the body from pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and even tumor cells, which could cause disease. When the encounter with pathogens occurs, defenses are produced immediately through the innate response, faster and more nons...
ABSTRACT Due to social distancing guidelines and the displacement of both human and material resources to fight the covid-19 pandemic, individuals seeking healthcare services face certain challenges. Immunization programs have already been a worrisome topic for health authorities due to declines in vacci...
ABSTRACT Since March 2020, Brazil has faced the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), which has severely modified the way in which the population lives and uses health services. As such, face-to-face attendance has dropped dramatically, even for child vaccination, due to measures of social...
Soares, Daniela Arruda;
Medeiros, Danielle Souto;
Kochergin, Clavdia Nicolaevna;
Cortes, Matheus Lopes;
Mistro, Sostenes;
Oliveira, Márcio Galvão;
Louzado, José Andrade;
Bezerra, Vanessa Moraes;
Amaro Jr, Edson;
Guimarães, Hélio Penna;
Silva, Juliede Rosa da;
Oliveira, Maria Tânia Silva;
Sousa, Jéssica de Oliveira;
Carvalho, Vivian Carla Honorato dos Santos de.
ABSTRACT This case report aims to describe the conception and preliminary data of the implementation of a telescreening and telemonitoring program of covid-19 for users of the Unified Health System with risk conditions. A system of telerscreening was implemented through which undergraduate students in th...
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil/epidemiología,
COVID-19,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico,
Neumonía Viral/epidemiología,
Neumonía Viral/prevención & control,
SARS-CoV-2,
Estudiantes de Medicina,
Telemedicina
