The emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 in Amazonas (Brazil) was temporally associated with a change in the age and sex profile of COVID-19 mortality: A population based ecological study

• Main Authors: André Ricardo Ribas Freitas (Author), Otto Albuquerque Beckedorff (Author), Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti (Author), Andre M. Siqueira (Author), Daniel Barros de Castro (Author), Cristiano Fernandes da Costa (Author), Daniele Rocha Queiróz Lemos (Author), Eliana N.C. Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Since the end of 2020, there has been a great deal of international concern about the variants of SARS-COV-2 B.1.1.7, identified in the United Kingdom; B.1.351 discovered in South Africa and P.1, originating from the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The three variants were associated with an...