Greater Disease Severity and Worse Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19 in Africa
By: Lina Hahnle, Mathilda Mennen, Freedom Gumedze, Daniel Mutithu, Marguerite Adriaanse, Daniel Egan, Simthandile Mazondwa, Rochelle Walters, Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Francisca Inofomoh, Okechukwu Ogah, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Fastone Goma, Elijah Ogola, Kieran Mwazo, Ahmed Suliman, Kavita Singh, Lana Raspail, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Pablo Perel, Karen Sliwa and Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1314 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2023
Accepted on: Feb 27, 2024
Published on: Apr 16, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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