Altitude and excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Quevedo-Ramirez, Andres; Al-kassab-Córdova, Ali; Mendez-Guerra, Carolina; Cornejo-Venegas, Gonzalo; Alva-Chavez, Kenedy P.

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Authors

Quevedo-Ramirez, Andres
Al-kassab-Córdova, Ali
Mendez-Guerra, Carolina
Cornejo-Venegas, Gonzalo
Alva-Chavez, Kenedy P.

Issue Date

2020-10-01

Journal

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

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http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654524

DOI

10.1016/j.resp.2020.103512

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32739459/

Abstract

We have read with interest the short communication published by Segovia-Juarez et al., 2020 in Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology establishing that high altitude reduces the infection rate of COVID-19 but not the case fatality rate in the Peruvian setting. We support this hypothesis, however there could be an important number of under registered deaths on account of a low rate of diagnostic tests performed per inhabitant and mostly in symptomatic patients (Pasquariello and Stranges, 2020).

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eng

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15699048

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18781519

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