Africa’s low COVID-19 mortality rate: A paradox?

BACKGROUND As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide with high number of fatalities first in China, then even higher fatalities in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, and other advanced countries; most African countries with less advanced healthcare systems ironically, continue to experienc...

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/14821
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.038
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/14821
Palabra clave:
Africa
Case fatality rate
Cardiovascular diseases
COVID-19
Elderly
Mortality rate
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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