From the Tropics for the Tropics

NEWSLETTER - Issue 105 - April 15, 2020

Researchers test drugs to fight coronavirus

The WHO criticized the use of untested drugs and called for coordinated actions between countries

Scientists discover two new viruses in people in Tocantins and Amapá

One of the viruses belongs to the genus Ambidensovirus and the other to the genus Chapparvovirus

Other human Coronaviruses: close, but still so far

People around the world are generally infected with human coronavirus 229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1 throughout their lives

Arboviruses, covid-19 and social vulnerability

From now on, there will be a tendency for covid-19 to invade poor communities, who live in conditions of agglomeration in precarious housing and without basic sanitation

Arbovirus and coronavirus: announced tragedies in Brazilian health

And the whole world asks, what will be the next epidemic caused by arboviruses and how will it affect public health?



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Chief-editor:
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Assignment editors:
Alberto Novaes
André Siqueira
Guilherme Werneck
Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis

Journalism:
Denise de Quadros
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Translation:
Pedro Costa

Graphics and diagramation:
Leandro Matos