The toll of COVID-19 on African children: A descriptive analysis on COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality among the pediatric population in Sub-Saharan Africa

INTRODUCTION: Few data on the COVID-19 epidemiological characteristics among the pediatric population in Africa exists. This paper examines the age and sex distribution of the morbidity and mortality rate in children with COVID-19 and compares it to the adult population in 15 Sub-Saharan African cou...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez Velásquez, Sabina, Jacques, Léa, Dalal, Jyoti, Sestito, Paolo, Habibi, Zahra, Venkatasubramanian, Akarsh, Nguimbis, Benedict, Mesa, Sara Botero, Chimbetete, Cleophas, Keiser, Olivia, Impouma, Benido, Mboussou, Franck, William, George Sie, Ngoy, Nsenga, Talisuna, Ambrose, Gueye, Abdou Salam, Hofer, Cristina Barroso, Cabore, Joseph Waogodo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34332088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.060

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