THE CORONAVIRUS EDITION was divided in Issue 1 (March) and 2 (June) of 2020. The aim of these editions is to make a panoramic compilation of the pandemic, presenting all aspects, discoveries, reports about the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2: Epidemiological issues of the COVID-19, the pathophysiology of the disease, immunological responses, gallery photos, treatments, vaccines ongoing, diagnostics of the disease, characteristics genome of the virus and so on. All the data the ISI-SENAI-CMATEC Group used for the issues of JBTH was based on review articles, systematic review, meta-analyses, clinical trials, and guidelines from the best International Centers against COVID-19, index medicus database and reports of World Health Organization (WHO).

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About the Journal / Editorial Office

The Journal of Bioengineering and Technology Applied to Health (JBTH) is an official publication of the ISI (SENAI Institute for Innovation in Advanced Health Systems) /SENAI CIMATEC.

It is published quarterly (March - June - September - December) in English by SENAI CIMATEC – Avenida Orlando Gomes, 1845, Piatã, Zip Code: 41650-010, Salvador-Bahia-Brazil; phone: (55 71) 3879-5501. E-mail: jbth@jbth.com.br.

The editorial office of the Journal is at ISI (SENAI Institute for Innovation in Advanced Health Systems) /SENAI CIMATEC.

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ISSN: 2595-2137 / e-ISSN 2674-8568