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COVID‐19 diffusion and its impact on dental practice in distant countries with similar ethnic background
Author(s) -
Meleti Marco,
Cassi Diana,
Bueno Luis,
BolognaMolina Ronell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/odi.13438
Subject(s) - covid-19 , ethnic group , pandemic , diffusion , medicine , coronavirus infections , virology , outbreak , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , anthropology , pathology , disease , physics , thermodynamics
Epidemiology of Covid-19 and diffusion patterns of the novel coronavirus (SARS - CoV - 2) are still poorly understood, as they differ substantially among countries and even in neighboring regions within the same country. It is not clear if differences in viral spreading depends on population age, genetic influences, specific environmental factors (e.g. season of the year), socioeconomic conditions or a combination of these. Some Authors hypothesized that differences in models of SARS - CoV - 2 diffusion may be explained also on the basis of ethnic influences (Pareek, Bangash, Pareek, Pan, Sze, Minhas, Hanif, Khunti, 2020). Under such perspective, it seems rational to compare the Italian experience to that of Uruguay.