The Determinants of the Low COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality Rates in Africa: A Cross-Country Analysis

• Main Authors: Yagai Bouba (Author), Emmanuel Kagning Tsinda (Author), Maxime Descartes Mbogning Fonkou (Author), Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando (Author), Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (Author), Jude Dzevela Kong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: More than 1 year after the beginning of the international spread of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the reasons explaining its apparently lower reported burden in Africa are still to be fully elucidated. Few studies previously investigated the potential reasons explaining this epidemiologic...