Epidemiology of COVID-19 after Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant, Brazilian Amazon, 2020-2021

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Nicolete, Vanessa C. ; Rodrigues, Priscila T. ; Fernandes, Anderson R. J. ; Corder, Rodrigo M. ; Tonini, Juliana ; Buss, Lewis F. ; Sales, Flavia C. ; Faria, Nuno R. ; Sabino, Ester C. ; Castro, Marcia C. ; Ferreira, Marcelo U.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; v. 28, n. 3, p. 4-pg., 2022-03-01.

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gamma variant has been hypothesized to cause more severe illness than previous variants, especially in children. Successive SARS-CoV-2 IgG serosurveys in the Brazilian Amazon showed that agespecific attack rates and proportions of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections were similar before and after Gamma variant emergence. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 20/04505-3 - Tracking the community-wide spread of SARS-CoV-2: outbreak size, transmission dynamics, clinical outcomes of infection, and duration of naturally acquired antibody responses in an Amazonian town
• Grantee: Marcelo Urbano Ferreira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/18740-9 - Scientific bases for residual malaria elimination in the Brazilian Amazon
• Grantee: Marcelo Urbano Ferreira
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/14389-0 - Brazil-UK Centre for Arbovirus Discovery, Diagnosis, Genomics and Epidemiology (CADDE)
• Grantee: Ester Cerdeira Sabino
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants