Open AccessClinical management and mortality among COVID-19 cases in sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective study from Burkina Faso and simulated case analysis
Author(s) -
Laura Skrip,
Karim Derra,
Mikaïla Kaboré,
Navideh Noori,
Adama Gansané,
Innocent Valéa,
Halidou Tinto,
Bicaba W. Brice,
Mollie M. Van Gordon,
Brittany Hagedorn,
Hervé Hien,
Benjamin M. Althouse,
Edward A. Wenger,
André Lin Ouédraogo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1432
Subject(s) - covid-19 , geography , retrospective cohort study , medicine , socioeconomics , demography , virology , outbreak , sociology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Absolute numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths reported to date in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region have been significantly lower than those across the Americas, Asia and Europe. As a result, there has been limited information about the demographic and clinical characteristics of deceased cases in the region, as well as the impacts of different case management strategies.
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