Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Africa

Early Insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This publication, featured in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, describes clinical characteristics, laboratory features, and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to differentiate them from other non-African populations, giving special attention to coinfection or comorbidity with noncommunicable diseases.

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