Breaking Down COVID-19: A living textbook

• Autores: Carey Kriz, Naiyer Imam, Sarah Zaidi
• Localización: Vitae: Academia Biomédica Digital, ISSN-e 1317-987X, Nº. 82, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Edición especial COVID-19)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The world is amidst a pandemic that is presenting one of the greatest public health challenges of the twenty-first century. A new coronavirus has jumped the interspecies barrier, and it possesses the capability of efficient person-to-person transmission and selectively kills older people and those with underlying chronic conditions. Since its emergence the new coronavirus has resulted in 43.7 million infections and over 1 million deaths as of October 25, 2020—20% of deaths are in the United States followed by Brazil (14%), India (10%), Mexico (7.8%), and the United Kingdom (4%).