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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0430-5027</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Finisterra]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0430-5027</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Estudos Geográficos]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0430-50272020000300027</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18055/finis20367</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Espacialização da COVID-19 no sul do Brasil: a interiorização da doença e o caso da mesorregião grande fronteira do Mercosul]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The spatialization of COVID-19 in southern Brazil: the interiorization of the disease and the case of the great frontier of the Mercosur mesoregion]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nascimento]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ederson]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tombini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Larissa Hermes Thomas]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ripplinger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabiane]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chapecó Santa Catarina]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>115</numero>
<fpage>27</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O presente ensaio apresenta um mapeamento da distribuição espaço-temporal dos casos de Covid-19 nos municípios da região Sul do Brasil, e aborda as condicionantes de difusão da doença em um recorte territorial do interior dessa região, a chamada Mesorregião Grande Fronteira do Mercosul (MGFM). Observa-se um processo de interiorização da transmissão viral, que na MGFM teve forte correlação com o trabalho em agroindústrias de carne. A disseminação e avanço da Covid-19 na região, atingindo municípios de menor porte, são motivos de preocupação, uma vez que podem comprometer a já frágil estrutura do setor da saúde e agravar as consequências da pandemia local.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The present essay presents a mapping of the spatio-temporal distribution of Covid-19 cases in the municipalities of the southern region of Brazil, and addresses the conditions for the disease&#8217;s spread in a territorial section of the interior of this region, the so-called Great Frontier of Mercosur (MGFM). There is a process of internalization of viral transmission, which at MGFM, had a strong correlation with work in meat agro-industries. The dissemination and advancement of Covid-19 in the region, reaching smaller municipalities, should be viewed with concern, since it can compromise the already fragile structure of the health sector and worsen the local consequences of the pandemic.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Pandemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[infecções por coronavírus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[análise espacial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[agroindústria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Mesorregião Grande Fronteira do Mercosul]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pandemic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coronavirus infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spatial analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[agro-industry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Great Frontier of Mercosur Mesoregion]]></kwd>
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