Issues for conducting meta-analyses in COVID-19. Commentary on "Prevalence and severity of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis''

Affiliations

¹ Physical Therapy Department, Isra University, Amman, Jordan.
² PhD School of Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Transplantation and Related Disease, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
³ Unit of Pain Therapy, Policlinic of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Systems Medicine, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: wardatm1@gmail.com.

Comment

Mohammad Etoom et al. J Clin Virol. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul:128:104389.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104389. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

¹ Physical Therapy Department, Isra University, Amman, Jordan.
² PhD School of Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Transplantation and Related Disease, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
³ Unit of Pain Therapy, Policlinic of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Systems Medicine, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: wardatm1@gmail.com.

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Prevalence and severity of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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