Validation of verbal autopsy and nasopharyngeal swab collection for the investigation of deaths at home during the COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Nov 4;14(11):e0008830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008830. eCollection 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy / methods*
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Brazil
  • COVID-19
  • Cause of Death*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality
  • Coroners and Medical Examiners
  • Humans
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Specimen Handling

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.