TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - Disparate health impact on the hispanic/latinx population in the United States
AU - Gil, Raul Macias
AU - Marcelin, Jasmine R.
AU - Zuniga-Blanco, Brenda
AU - Marquez, Carina
AU - Mathew, Trini
AU - Piggott, Damani A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/11/15
Y1 - 2020/11/15
N2 - In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population.
AB - In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Health disparity
KW - Hispanic
KW - Latinx
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiaa474
DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiaa474
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32729903
AN - SCOPUS:85092944343
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 222
SP - 1592
EP - 1595
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 10
ER -