Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the first cohort of COVID-19 recoveries at two national treatment centres in Accra, Ghana | Zendy

Benedict CalysTagoe | Zendy; Christian Owoo | Zendy; Joseph OliverCommey | Zendy; Ebenezer Oduro- Mensah | Zendy; Lawrence Ofori-Boadu | Zendy; Evelyn Adjei-Mensah | Zendy; Ernest Kenu | Zendy; Ali Samba | Zendy; Alfred Edwin Yawson | Zendy; Margaret Lartey | Zendy

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Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the first cohort of COVID-19 recoveries at two national treatment centres in Accra, Ghana

Author(s) -

Benedict CalysTagoe,

Christian Owoo,

Joseph OliverCommey,

Ebenezer Oduro- Mensah,

Lawrence Ofori-Boadu,

Evelyn Adjei-Mensah,

Ernest Kenu,

Ali Samba,

Alfred Edwin Yawson,

Margaret Lartey

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

ghana medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2616-163X

pISSN - 0016-9560

DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.4

Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , asymptomatic , cohort , pediatrics , pandemic , cohort study , disease , covid-19 , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty)

COVID-19 is a new disease, knowledge on the mode of transmission and clinical features are still evolving, new tests are being developed with inherent challenges regarding interpretation of tests results. There is generally, a gap in knowledge on the virus globally as the pandemic evolves and in Ghana, there is dearth of information and documentation on the clinical characteristics of the virus. With these in mind, we set out to profile the initial cohort of COVID-19 patients who recovered in Ghana.

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