Evaluation of the effectiveness of surveillance policies to control the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Lorena G. Barberia (Author), Natália de P. Moreira (Author), Brigina Kemp (Author), Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras (Author), Marcela Zamudio (Author), Isabel Seelaender Costa Rosa (Author), Rebeca de J. Carvalho (Author), Tatiane C. M. Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Surveillance efforts are essential to pandemic control, especially where the state is the primary health provider, such as Brazil. When public health testing guidelines limit molecular tests, there are reductions in detection efforts aimed at early recognition, isolation, and tre...