Expansion of COVID-19 within Brazil: the importance of highways

J Travel Med. 2020 Aug 20;27(5):taaa106. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa106.

Authors

Rodrigo F Carmo^{1

2}, Bruno E B R Nunes³, Michael F Machado³, Anderson C Armstrong¹, Carlos D F Souza³

Affiliations

¹ Postgraduate Program in Health and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Pernambuco 56304-917, Brazil.
² Postgraduate Program in Biosciences, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Pernambuco 56304-917, Brazil.
³ Department of Medicine, Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Arapiraca 57309-005, Brazil.

No abstract available

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; epidemiology; pandemics; spatial analysis; travel.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Spatial Analysis
Travel*