Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2022)

Deaths Related to Chagas Disease and COVID-19 Co-Infection, Brazil, March–December 2020

  • Francisco R. Martins-Melo,
  • Marcia C. Castro,
  • Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro,
  • Jorg Heukelbach,
  • Guilherme L. Werneck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.212158
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 11
pp. 2285 – 2289

Abstract

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We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics and distribution of 492 deaths related to Chagas disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) co-infection in Brazil during March‒December 2020. Cumulative co-infected death rates were highest among advanced age groups, persons of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity and with low education levels, and geographically distributed mainly in major Chagas disease‒endemic areas.

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