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

• Main Authors: Aline Fagundes Martins (Author), Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza (Author), José Melquiades de Rezende Neto (Author), Aryanne Araujo Santos (Author), Grazielly Bispo da Invenção (Author), Igor Leonardo Santos Matos (Author), Kezia Alves dos Santos (Author), Pamela Chaves de Jesus (Author), Francilene Amaral da Silva (Author), Fernando Henrique Oliveira de Almeida (Author), Fernando Yuri Nery do Vale (Author), Dennyson Leandro M. Fonseca (Author), Lena F. Schimke (Author), Saulo Santos Matos (Author), Brenda Morais Oliveira (Author), Cyntia Silva Ferreira (Author), Bruna de Paula Dias (Author), Samara Mayra Soares Alves dos Santos (Author), Camila Cavadas Barbosa (Author), Ikaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto (Author), Ana Karolina Mendes Moreno (Author), Ricardo Lemes Gonçalves (Author), Breno de Mello Silva (Author), Otavio Cabral-Marques (Author), Lysandro Pinto Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 infect...