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Editorial
. 2020 Jun 15;20(1):412.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05147-8.

Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: where are we going from now?

Carlo Torti  1 , Maria Mazzitelli  2 , Enrico Maria Trecarichi  2 , Owachi Darius  3
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Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: where are we going from now?

Carlo Torti et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2, which emerged from East Asia in December 2019, has rapidly evolved into a global pandemic infecting close to 7 million people. The current uncertainties regarding its impact on Africa calls for critical monitoring of the evolution of the pandemic and correlation of factors that influence the burden of the disease. We herein discuss possible implications of SARS-CoV-2 on the African continent.

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Low-income countries; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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