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¿Por qué es menos «intensa» la epidemia de Covid-19 en África?

Most of the international bibliography published on Covid-19 pandemics is focused in the Asian, European or American continents. It seems that incidence is lower in Africa. In this article we hypothetize on several of the possible causes sustaining these differences. Population pyramid, climate, afr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Villalonga-Morales, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33168180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redar.2020.05.011
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Sumario:Most of the international bibliography published on Covid-19 pandemics is focused in the Asian, European or American continents. It seems that incidence is lower in Africa. In this article we hypothetize on several of the possible causes sustaining these differences. Population pyramid, climate, african population own vulnerability/resistance or sociopolitical factors are underlined. In the case the pandemics will spread in Africa, the lack of basic healthcare resources will perhaps make the consequences disastrous and of a dantesque magnitude.