COVID-19 outbreaks in endangered Indigenous groups from the Amazonia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Our findings confirm that Indigenous communities of Ecuadorian Amazonia were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 community transmission since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the potential occurrence of superspreading events. As the COVID-19 national surveillance program was focussed on symptomatic individuals attending hospital facilities, rural and remote Indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazonia, including endangered ethnic minorities, were neglected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Tannya Lozada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5043-9431)
- Diana Morales-Jadán
- Andrés Tapia
- Esteban Ortiz‐Prado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-7498)
- Miguel Ángel García-Bereguiain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0025-3609)
- Ismar A. Rivera‐Olivero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-8217)
- Byron Freire‐Paspuel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-9941)
- Aquiles R. Henríquez-Trujillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-4438)
- Alexander Paolo Vallejo-Janeta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4144-595X)
- Ángel Sebastián Rodríguez-Pazmiño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1153-0156)
Institutions
- Universidad Espíritu Santo (EC)
- Universidad de Las Américas (EC)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública (EC)
- Universidad Estatal Amazónica (EC)
- Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (EC)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Rural and Remote Health
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh8868
- Primary Topic
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00