Validation of verbal autopsy and nasopharyngeal swab collection for the investigation of deaths at home during the COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

Pedro Mansueto Melo de Souza; Gunter Gerson; Josebson Silva Dias; Deborah Nunes de Melo; Sarlene Gomes de Souza; Erasmo Miessa Ruiz; Fabio Rocha Fernandes Tavora; Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008830

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Validation of verbal autopsy and nasopharyngeal swab collection for the investigation of deaths at home during the COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

Pedro Mansueto Melo de Souza ,

* E-mail: mansueto77@gmail.com

Affiliations Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos Dr. Rocha Furtado, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6814-8197

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Gunter Gerson,

Affiliations Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos Dr. Rocha Furtado, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-253X

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Josebson Silva Dias,

Affiliation Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos Dr. Rocha Furtado, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
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Deborah Nunes de Melo,

Affiliations Serviço de Verificação de Óbitos Dr. Rocha Furtado, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7950-0424

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Sarlene Gomes de Souza,

Affiliation Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-7650

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Erasmo Miessa Ruiz,

Affiliation Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5525-8063

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Fabio Rocha Fernandes Tavora,

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2361-0613

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Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, Centro Universitário Christus, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-1182

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Validation of verbal autopsy and nasopharyngeal swab collection for the investigation of deaths at home during the COVID-19 pandemics in Brazil

Pedro Mansueto Melo de Souza,
Gunter Gerson,
Josebson Silva Dias,
Deborah Nunes de Melo,
Sarlene Gomes de Souza,
Erasmo Miessa Ruiz,
Fabio Rocha Fernandes Tavora,
Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

Published: November 4, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008830

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