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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Martins, Aline Fagundes
• de Souza, Daniela Raguer Valadão
• de Rezende Neto, José Melquiades
• Santos, Aryanne Araujo
• da Invenção, Grazielly Bispo
• Matos, Igor Leonardo Santos
• Dos Santos, Kezia Alves
• de Jesus, Pamela Chaves
• da Silva, Francilene Amaral
• de Almeida, Fernando Henrique Oliveira
• do Vale, Fernando Yuri Nery
• Fonseca, Dennyson Leandro M
• Schimke, Lena F
• Matos, Saulo Santos
• Oliveira, Brenda Morais
• Ferreira, Cyntia Silva
• de Paula Dias, Bruna
• Dos Santos, Samara Mayra Soares Alves
• Barbosa, Camila Cavadas
• de Carvalho Barreto, Ikaro Daniel
• Moreno, Ana Karolina Mendes
• Gonçalves, Ricardo Lemes
• de Mello Silva, Breno
• Cabral-Marques, Otavio
• Borges, Lysandro Pinto

Titel

A higher number of SARS-COV-2 infections in quilombola communities than in the local population in Brazil

Ist Teil von

• Frontiers in public health, 2023, Vol.11, p.1095162-1095162

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The historical and social vulnerability of quilombola communities in Brazil can make them especially fragile in the face of COVID-19, considering that several individuals have precarious health systems and inadequate access to water. This work aimed to characterize the frequency of SARS-COV-2 infections and the presence of IgM and IgG SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in quilombola populations and their relationship with the presence of risk factors or preexisting chronic diseases in the quilombola communities. We analyzed the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, serological status, comorbidities, and symptoms of 1,994 individuals (478 males and 1,536 females) from 18 Brazilian municipalities in the State of Sergipe of quilombola communities, which were evaluated at different epidemiological weeks, starting at the 32nd (August 6th) and ending at the 40th (October 3rd) epidemiological week. More than 70% of studied families live in rural areas and they have an extreme poverty social status. Although we found a higher number of SARS-COV-2 infections in quilombola communities than in the local population, their SARS-CoV-2 reactivity and IgM and IgG positivity varied across the communities investigated. Arterial hypertension was the most risk factor, being found in 27.8% of the individuals (9.5% in stage 1, 10.8% in stage 2, and 7.5% in stage 3). The most common COVID-19 symptoms and comorbidities were headache, runny nose, flu, and dyslipidemia. However, most individuals were asymptomatic (79.9%). Our data indicate that mass testing must be incorporated into public policy to improve the health care system available to quilombola populations during a future pandemic or epidemic.