Clinical management and mortality among COVID-19 cases in sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective study from Burkina Faso and simulated case analysis

At six months post-introduction into the region, countries across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been reporting significantly fewer cases of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) than higher income countries and some low and middle income countries (LMICs) on other continents (World Health Organization 2020b). As a result, the majority of evidence to date reflects disease progression, hospitalization rates, and deaths among cases in more developed and higher transmission settings across Europe, North America (CDC COVID-19 Response Team 2020), and Asia (Chen et al.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - September 24, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Laura Skrip, Karim Derra, Mikaila Kabor é, Navideh Noori, Adama Gansané, Innocent Valéa, Halidou Tinto, Bicaba W. Brice, Mollie Van Gordon, Brittany Hagedorn, Hervé Hien, Benjamin M. Althouse, Edward A. Wenger, André Lin Ouédraogo Source Type: research