Covid-19 epidemiology in Latin America

• Autores: Calzada-Gonzales, Nancy Doris, Calzada-Gonzales, Maribel Jessica
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/100
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/RPCS/article/view/126e
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: de edad mediana; síndrome respiratorio agudo severo; COVID-19; coronavirus; cuarentena; enzima convertidora de angiotensina 2; Peptidil-dipeptidasa A; America latina; salud pública; cuerpo humano; síndrome infecciones por coronavirus; China; brotes de enfermedades; neumonía; severe acute respiratory syndrome; quarantine; angiotensin converting enzyme 2; Peptidyl dipeptidase A.; Latin America; public health; human body; coronavirus infections; disease outbreaks; síndrome respiratória aguda grave de meia idade; coronavírus; quarentena; enzima conversora de angiotensina 2; Peptidyl-dipeptidase A.; América Latina; saúde pública; corpo humano; síndrome respiratória aguda grave; infecções por coronavírus; surtos de doenças; pneumonia

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), is caused by coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). It uses the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor (ACE2) to invade human bodies. In December 2019, an unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology emerged in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. The outbreak was reported to the WHO on December 31, 2019, who on February 11 named it COVID-19. Latin America was no exception to this public health problem. On February 25, 2020, the Brazilian Department of Health confirmed the first confirmed case of a 61-year-old Brazilian man. Currently, despite rigorous global containment and quarantine efforts, the incidence of COVID-19 continues to rise, with 3,435,894 laboratory confirmed cases and more than 239,000 deaths worldwide. In response to this global outbreak, we will conduct an epidemiology review regarding Latin American.