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What Could Explain the Lower COVID-19 Burden in Africa Despite Considerable Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus?

2021-05-24

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COVID-19 differential spread and impacts across regions is a major focus for researchers and policy makers. Africa has attracted tremendous attention due to predictions of catastrophic impacts that have not yet materialized. Early in the pandemic, the seemingly low African case count was largely attributed to low testing and case reporting. However, there is also reason to consider that many African countries got...

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Literature Corpus work: 9ced5fbb-aaaf-5096-90f9-b72199012aef
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202105.0549.v1

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