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Epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, 2020

OBJECTIVE: Describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases detected in the first four months of the pandemic in Ghana by person, place and time to provide an understanding of the local epidemiology of the disease. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory descriptive study of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in...

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Autores principales:	Kenu, Ernest, Odikro, Magdalene A, Malm, Keziah L, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Noora, Charles L, Frimpong, Joseph A, Calys-Tagoe, Benedict, Koram, Kwadwo A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Ghana Medical Association 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976436 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.3

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