The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics—how and why?

It is very exceptional that a new disease becomes a true pandemic. Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, has spread to nearly all countries of the world in only a few months. However, in differ...

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Main Authors: Peter Aaby, Kristien Verdonck, Sameh Al-Awlaqi, Gerald Bloom, Por Ir, Kefilath Bello, Jean-Paul Dossou, Remco van de Pas, Wim Van Damme, Ritwik Dahake, Brecht Ingelbeen, Edwin Wouters, Guido Vanham, Stefaan Van der Borght, Devadasan Narayanan, Ian Van Engelgem, Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Vincent De Brouwere, Helmut Kloos, Andreas Kalk, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Placide Mbala, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Yibeltal Assefa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/7/e003098.full