Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future

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作者
Kapata, Nathan [1 ]
Ihekweazu, Chikwe [2 ]
Ntoumi, Francine [3 ,4 ]
Raji, Tajudeen [5 ]
Chanda-Kapata, Pascalina [6 ]
Mwaba, Peter [7 ]
Mukonka, Victor [8 ]
Bates, Matthew [9 ]
Tembo, John [10 ]
Corman, Victor [11 ,12 ]
Mfinanga, Sayoki [13 ]
Asogun, Danny [14 ]
Elton, Linzy [15 ]
Arruda, Lia Barbara [15 ]
Thomason, Margaret J. [15 ]
Mboera, Leonard [16 ]
Yavlinsky, Alexei [17 ]
Haider, Najmul [18 ]
Simons, David [18 ]
Hollmann, Lara [19 ]
Lule, Swaib A. [20 ]
Veas, Francisco [21 ]
Hamid, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel [22 ]
Dar, Osman [19 ]
Edwards, Sarah [23 ]
Vairo, Francesco [24 ]
McHugh, Timothy D. [15 ]
Drosten, Christian [11 ,12 ]
Kock, Richard [18 ]
Ippolito, Giuseppe [24 ]
Zumla, Alimuddin [15 ,25 ,26 ]
机构
[1] Minist Hlth, Zambia Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Lusaka, Zambia
[2] Nigeria Ctr Dis Control, Abuja, Nigeria
[3] Univ Marien NGouabi, Brazzaville, Rep Congo
[4] Univ Tubingen, Inst Trop Med, Tubingen, Germany
[5] Africa Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[6] Minist Hlth, Lusaka, Zambia
[7] Lusaka Apex Med Univ, Lusaka, Zambia
[8] Minist Hlth, Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Lusaka, Zambia
[9] Univ Lincoln, Sch Life Sci, Lincoln, England
[10] Univ Teaching Hosp, HerpeZ & UNZA UCLMS Project, Lusaka, Zambia
[11] Charite Univ Med Berlin, Inst Virol, Berlin, Germany
[12] German Ctr Infect Res DZIF, Berlin, Germany
[13] Natl Inst Med Res, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
[14] Irrua Specialist Teaching Hosp, Inst Lassa Fever Res & Control, Irrua, Nigeria
[15] UCL, Ctr Clin Microbiol, Div Infect & Immun, Royal Free Hosp Campus, London, England
[16] Sokoine Univ Agr, SACIDS Fdn One Hlth, Morogoro, Tanzania
[17] UCL, Inst Hlth Informat, Fac Pop Hlth Sci, London, England
[18] Univ London, Royal Vet Coll, Hatfield, Herts, England
[19] Royal Inst Int Affairs, Chatham House Ctr Global Hlth Secur, London, England
[20] UCL, Inst Global Hlth, London, England
[21] Montpellier Univ, Fac Pharm, IRD UMR5569, Montpellier, France
[22] Univ Khartoum, Dept Parasitol & Med Entomol, Inst Endem Dis, Khartoum, Sudan
[23] UCL, Eth & Governance, London, England
[24] Natl Inst Infect Dis Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, Rome, Italy
[25] UCL, Div Infect & Immun, London, England
[26] UCL Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, London, England
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAK; EBOLA; CORONAVIRUS; 2019-NCOV;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.049
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
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页码:233 / 236
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