Comprehensive care for patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy during the coronavirus disease pandemic
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
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Lockdown as an Intervention Measure to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19: a modeling study
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This work aims to develop a biomathematical transmission model of COVID-19, in the State of Sergipe, Brazil, to estimate the distribution of cases over time and project the impact on the spread of the epidemic outbreak due to interventions and control measures over the local popul...
Tracking excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 epidemic as an epidemiological surveillance strategy-preliminary results of the evaluation of six Brazilian capitals
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract 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...
Early public research funding response to COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study investigated the role of early public research funding regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. METHODS: We examined the budget for research projects relating to the number of cases and deaths and the relationship between each federal unit, gross domestic product (...
Clinical characteristics and therapeutic procedure for a critical case of novel coronavirus pneumonia treated with glucocorticoids and non-invasive ventilator treatment
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract The novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. Here, we report the clinical characteristics and therapeutic procedure for a case of severe NCP. The patient was started on glucocorticoids and non-invasive ventilator treatment. After treatment, the pati...
Betacoronavirus, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Terapia Combinada, Infecciones por Coronavirus/tratamiento farmacológico, Infecciones por Coronavirus/terapia, Glucocorticoides/administración & dosificación, Persona de Mediana Edad, Ventilación no Invasiva, Pandemias, Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico por imagen, Neumonía Viral/terapia, Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X, Resultado del Tratamiento
Long-term positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ribonucleic acid and therapeutic effect of antivirals in patients with coronavirus disease: Case reports
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been declared a pandemic. We herein report four COVID-19 cases with long-term positive viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) for about 61 days. Despite treatment with recombinant human interfer...
Family COVID-19 cluster analysis of an infant without respiratory symptoms
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on ...
Dolor Abdominal/etiología, Betacoronavirus, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Técnicas de Laboratorio Clínico, Análisis por Conglomerados, Trazado de Contacto, Coronavirus/aislamiento & purificación, Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico, Diarrea/diagnóstico, Diarrea/etiología, Fiebre/etiología, Pandemias, Faringitis/etiología, Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico
Learning from the Italian experience in coping with COVID-19
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
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
Long-term forecasts of the COVID-19 epidemic: a dangerous idea
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
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...
The challenge of concomitant infections in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic era: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in a patient with chronic Chagas disease and dimorphic leprosy
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 53 (), 2020
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first officially described in Brazil on February 26th, 2020. The accumulation of reports of concomitant infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and pathogens that cause diseases endemic to tropical countries, such as de...