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Morbidity, Mortality and Immunization in Severe COVID-19 Among the Elderly in Brazil: A Five-Year Perspective

2025-05-03

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> The COVID-19 pandemic underscored longstanding vulnerabilities within Brazil’s healthcare system, particularly affecting the elderly population in underserved regions. Although infection can affect individuals across all age groups, the elderly population is particularly susceptible to severe outcomes due to aging-related factors. Despite the availability of effective vaccines, full immunization...

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Literature Corpus work: c1d6af4d-952f-596e-8222-e7d0bf0fa6c8
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.01.25326813

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