COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: History, Characteristics, and Evolution

Tamires Duarte Afonso Serdan; Yuanji Tang; Tiago Bertola Lobato; Flaviano Luis Rocha da Silva; Sherry Tang; Laureane Nunes Masi; Renata Gorjao; Ricardo Palacios; Tania Cristina Pithon-Curi; Rui Curi; Sandro Massao Hirabara

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71697-4_3

COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: History, Characteristics, and Evolution

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021:1327:35-47. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-71697-4_3.

Affiliations

¹ Interdisciplinary Program of Health Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. tamiresd.serdan@gmail.com.
² Applied NanoFemto Technologies, LLC, Lowell, MA, USA.
³ Interdisciplinary Program of Health Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Riverside, CA, USA.
⁵ Butantan Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 34279827
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71697-4_3

Abstract

This chapter describes the eruption and spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus throughout Brazil. We also describe the governmental measures used to combat the virus, the regional influences impacting viral spreading, and the prevalence of the disease in different Brazilian subpopulations. It is hoped that such information will contribute to the control of the virus and help to prepare the region for future pandemics.

Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; Governmental measures; Pandemic; Regional characteristics; SARS-CoV-2.

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics*
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2