The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?

The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.

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Autores principales: Adams, Janica, MacKenzie, Mary J., Amegah, Adeladza Kofi, Ezeh, Alex, Gadanya, Muktar A., Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Sarki, Ahmed M., Thistle, Paul, Ziraba, Abdhalah K., Stranges, Saverio, Silverman, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34593571
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
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author Adams, Janica
MacKenzie, Mary J.
Amegah, Adeladza Kofi
Ezeh, Alex
Gadanya, Muktar A.
Omigbodun, Akinyinka
Sarki, Ahmed M.
Thistle, Paul
Ziraba, Abdhalah K.
Stranges, Saverio
Silverman, Michael
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Amegah, Adeladza Kofi
Ezeh, Alex
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Ziraba, Abdhalah K.
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spelling pubmed-85140302021-10-18 The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality? Adams, Janica MacKenzie, Mary J. Amegah, Adeladza Kofi Ezeh, Alex Gadanya, Muktar A. Omigbodun, Akinyinka Sarki, Ahmed M. Thistle, Paul Ziraba, Abdhalah K. Stranges, Saverio Silverman, Michael Glob Health Sci Pract Commentary The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world. Global Health: Science and Practice 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8514030/ /pubmed/34593571 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172 Text en © Adams et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
spellingShingle Commentary
Adams, Janica
MacKenzie, Mary J.
Amegah, Adeladza Kofi
Ezeh, Alex
Gadanya, Muktar A.
Omigbodun, Akinyinka
Sarki, Ahmed M.
Thistle, Paul
Ziraba, Abdhalah K.
Stranges, Saverio
Silverman, Michael
The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title_full The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title_fullStr The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title_full_unstemmed The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title_short The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
title_sort conundrum of low covid-19 mortality burden in sub-saharan africa: myth or reality?
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34593571
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
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