From Spanish Flu to Syndemic COVID-19: long-standing sanitarian vulnerability of Manaus, warnings from the Brazilian rainforest gateway

Abstract A second deadlier wave of COVID-19 and the causes of the recent public health collapse of Manaus are compared with the Spanish flu events in that city, and Brazil. Historic sanitarian problems, and its hub position in the Brazilian airway network are combined drivers of deadly events relate...

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Main Authors: SÉRVIO P. RIBEIRO, ALEXANDRE B. REIS, WESLEY DÁTTILO, ALCIDES V.C. DE CASTRO E SILVA, EDUARDO AUGUSTO G. BARBOSA, WENDEL COURA-VITAL, ARISTÓTELES GÓES-NETO, VASCO A.C. AZEVEDO, GERALDO WILSON FERNANDES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2021-08-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652021000600701&tlng=en