Brazil's COVID-19 Epicenter in Manaus: How Much of the Population Has Already Been Exposed and Are Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2?

Amazon Coronavirus Herd immunity Immunity loss Manaus Reinfection SEIR SEIRS

Journal

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
ISSN: 2196-8837
Titre abrégé: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101628476

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2022
Historique:
received: 19 01 2021
accepted: 06 09 2021
revised: 31 05 2021
pubmed: 1 10 2021
medline: 8 11 2022
entrez: 30 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Is Brazil's COVID-19 epicenter really approaching herd immunity? A recent study estimated that in October 2020 three-quarters of the population of Manaus (the capital of the largest state in the Brazilian Amazon) had contact with SARS-CoV-2. We show that 46% of the Manaus population having had contact with SARS-CoV-2 at that time is a more plausible estimate, and that Amazonia is still far from herd immunity. The second wave of COVID-19 is now evident in Manaus. We predict that the pandemic of COVID-19 will continue throughout 2021, given the duration of naturally acquired immunity of only 240 days and the slow pace of vaccination. Manaus has a large percentage of the population that is susceptible (35 to 45% as of May 17, 2021). Against this backdrop, measures to restrict urban mobility and social isolation are still necessary, such as the closure of schools and universities, since the resumption of these activities in 2020 due to the low attack rates of SARS-CoV-2 was the main trigger for the second wave in Manaus.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34590244
doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01148-8
pii: 10.1007/s40615-021-01148-8
pmc: PMC8480276
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2098-2104

Informations de copyright

© 2021. W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute.

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Auteurs

Lucas Ferrante (L)

Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Biologia (Ecologia), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. lucasferrante@hotmail.com.

Luiz Henrique Duczmal (LH)

Department of Statistics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Wilhelm Alexander Steinmetz (WA)

Department of Mathematics, Universidade Federal Do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Alexandre Celestino Leite Almeida (ACL)

Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ) - DEFIM, Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Jeremias Leão (J)

Department of Statistics, Universidade Federal Do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Ruth Camargo Vassão (RC)

Retired From the Cell Biology Laboratory of the Instituto Butantan - São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Unaí Tupinambás (U)

Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Philip Martin Fearnside (PM)

Departamento de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

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