TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
AU - Andrus, Jon Kim
AU - Evans-Gilbert, Tracy
AU - Santos, Jose Ignacio
AU - Guzman, Maria G.
AU - Rosenthal, Philip J.
AU - Toscano, Cristiana
AU - Valenzuela, Maria Teresa
AU - Siqueira, Marilda
AU - Etienne, Carissa
AU - Breman, Joel G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Publication charges for this article were waived due to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.1,2 By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19 (Table 1). These data are reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness, and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region.
AB - The first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.1,2 By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19 (Table 1). These data are reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness, and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0571
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0571
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32524963
AN - SCOPUS:85089027747
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 593
EP - 596
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -