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. 2020 May;8(5):e631-e632.
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30123-6. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

COVID-19 pandemic in west Africa

Melisa Martinez-Alvarez  1 , Alexander Jarde  1 , Effua Usuf  1 , Helen Brotherton  1 , Mustapha Bittaye  2 , Ahmadou L Samateh  2 , Martin Antonio  1 , Joan Vives-Tomas  1 , Umberto D'Alessandro  1 , Anna Roca  3
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COVID-19 pandemic in west Africa

Melisa Martinez-Alvarez et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May.
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Evolution of COVID-19 pandemic Curves show how the pandemic initially evolved in west African countries (continuous lines) compared with European countries (dashed lines) and other African countries (dotted lines): from the first case diagnosed in the country (A); and from the fifth case diagnosed in the country (B). Graphs were generated with data downloaded from the COVID-19 data repository of the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering on March 23, 2020. COVID-19=coronavirus disease 2019.
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