Running away from the jab: factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Brazil

MAC Paschoalotto, EPPA Costa, SV Almeida… - Revista de saude …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate how sociodemographic conditions, political factors,
organizational confidence, and non-pharmaceutical interventions compliance affect the …

Macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 across the world income distribution

T Alon, M Kim, D Lagakos… - IMF Economic …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The macroeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were most severe for emerging
market economies, representing the middle of the world income distribution. This paper …

Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in cities of Chile: Magnitude, inequalities, and urban determinants

T Alfaro, K Martinez-Folgar, A Vives, U Bilal - Journal of Urban Health, 2022 - Springer
We estimated excess mortality in Chilean cities during the COVID-19 pandemic and its
association with city-level factors. We used mortality, and social and built environment data …

Assessing COVID-19 pandemic excess deaths in Brazil: Years 2020 and 2021

SRR Colonia, LM Cardeal, RA de Oliveira, LA Trinca - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in Brazil for 2020 and 2021
years. We used mortality data (2015–2021) from the Brazilian Health Ministry for forecasting …

[HTML][HTML] Excess Mortality due to natural causes among whites and blacks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

RA Teixeira, AMN Vasconcelos, A Torens… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Excess Mortality by all causes considers deaths directly related to COVID-
19 and those attributed to conditions caused by the pandemic. When stratified by social …

The performance of four molecular methods for the laboratory diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis in amniotic fluid samples

LE Teixeira, KA Kanunfre, PT Shimokawa… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction Toxoplasmosis may be life-threatening in fetuses and in immune-deficient
patients. Conventional laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based on the presence of …

Self-care deficit among older men in the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for nursing

VO Muniz, LCA Braga, PO Araujo… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Objectives: to analyze self-care deficit among older men in the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
and to discuss the implications for nursing practice. Methods: web survey, multicentric …