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The Pathogenicity of COVID-19 is independent of increasing altitude: The case of Colombia

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dc.contributor.author Valverde-Bruffau, V.J.
dc.contributor.author Cárdenas, L.
dc.contributor.author Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-13T20:51:00Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-13T20:51:00Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9150
dc.description.abstract 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 altitude was associated with fewer SARS-2 infections, lower COVID-19 mortality, and lower case fatality rate (CFR). These results are consistent with studies from the beginning of the pandemic in eight provinces of Bolivia, from Ecuador, and from 185 provinces in Peru. This latest study concluded that CFR was unchanged with increasing altitude... en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject coronavirus disease 2019 en_US
dc.subject human en_US
dc.subject disease association en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject sea level en_US
dc.subject altitude en_US
dc.subject nonhuman en_US
dc.subject incidence en_US
dc.subject Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 en_US
dc.subject virus transmission en_US
dc.subject Ecuador en_US
dc.subject Letter en_US
dc.subject Bolivia en_US
dc.subject case fatality rate en_US
dc.subject Colombia en_US
dc.subject geography en_US
dc.subject mortality rate en_US
dc.subject pathogenicity en_US
dc.title The Pathogenicity of COVID-19 is independent of increasing altitude: The case of Colombia en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1465
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1476-1645


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