2020
DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232020256.1.09632020
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Evolução da prevalência de infecção por COVID-19 no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: inquéritos sorológicos seriados

Abstract: Resumo A COVID-19 é uma doença produzida pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2. Esse vírus se espalhou rapidamente pelo mundo, o que levou a Organização Mundial da Saúde a classificar a COVID-19 como uma emergência de saúde internacional e, posteriormente, a declará-la uma pandemia. O número de casos confirmados, no dia 11 de abril de 2020, já passa de 1.700.000, porém esses dados não refletem a real prevalência de COVID-19 na população, visto que, em muitos países, os testes são quase que exclusivamente realizados em… Show more

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“…In the North and Midwest regions, in the same week, growth was in excess of 40%. It should be noted that although COVID-19 underreporting is recognized in Brazil, 23 the daily growth rates remain unchanged presuming that underreporting remains constant in the period.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the North and Midwest regions, in the same week, growth was in excess of 40%. It should be noted that although COVID-19 underreporting is recognized in Brazil, 23 the daily growth rates remain unchanged presuming that underreporting remains constant in the period.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic brought several challenges to public health, and showed the vulnerabilities of the health system to face emergencies 1,19 . In this context, the availability of opportune information is a recurring challenge for decision makers [20][21][22] . In Brazil, the low diagnostic capacity had major implications on the notification of cases, which caused not only the underestimation of the prevalence in the population, but also the overestimation of lethality rates 23 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the Epidemiological Bulletin number 18, of the Ministry of Health, of June 15, 2020, in Brazil, there were 888 thousand cases confirmed by COVID-19 and 43,959 deaths [3]. However, these data do not reflect the real prevalence of COVID-19 in the population, since, in the country, the tests are almost exclusively performed on people with symptoms, especially in the most severe cases, that is, it fails to diagnose the great majority of those contaminated, who present mild symptoms, or even, are asymptomatic [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%