COVID-19 and microbiome diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: wvdamme@itg.be.
² Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ School of Public Health, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁴ Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Wim Van Damme et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 6;400(10350):429.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01333-2.

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: wvdamme@itg.be.
² Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ School of Public Health, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁴ Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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COVID-19 and microbiome diversity in sub-Saharan Africa - Author's reply.
Sorensen RJD; COVID-19 Forecasting Team. Sorensen RJD, et al. Lancet. 2022 Aug 6;400(10350):429-430. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01340-X. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 35934004 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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