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Sex differences in covid-19 fatality rate and risk of death: An analysis in 73 countries, 2020-2021
(Le Infezioni in Medicina, 2021)
There is a worrying lack of epidemiological data on the sex differential in COVID-19 fatality rates. We ex-amined the Global Health 50/50 tracks of sex-disag-gregated infection and mortality COVID-19 data from 73 countries ...
Acute kidney injury is associated with severe infection and fatality in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 40 studies and 25,278 patients
Currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly around the
world. This study aimed to investigate whether the presence of acute kidney injury
(AKI) might increase the risk of severe infection and ...
First wave of SARS-CoV-2 in Santiago Chile: Seroprevalence, asymptomatic infection and infection fatality rate
(2022)
Background: The first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Chile occurred during the cold season reaching a peak by the end of June 2020, with 80 % of the cases concentrated in its capital, Santiago. The main objective of this ...
High altitude reduces infection rate of COVID-19 but not case-fatality rate
(ElsevierNL, 2020)
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is suggested that life at high altitude may reduce COVID infections and case-fatality rates ...
Letalidade na epidemiologia da doença meningocócica: estudo na região de Campinas, SP, 1993 a 1998Case fatality rate for meningococcal disease: study in the region of Campinas, SP, Brazil 1993 to 1998
(Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2000)
The Pathogenicity of COVID-19 is independent of increasing altitude: The case of Colombia
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021)
The recent article “Negative Correlation between Altitude and COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia: A Preliminary Report” published by Cano-Perez et al. Analyzed data from 70 municipalities in Colombia and concluded that increasing ...
Carrion's disease: More than a neglected disease
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Infections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever ("Oroya fever") with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated ...