Comorbidities in SARS-CoV-2 Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wern Hann Ng; Thomas Tipih; Nigel A. Makoah; Jan-G Vermeulen; Dominique Goedhals; Joseph B. Sempa; Felicity J. Burt; Adam Taylor; Suresh Mahalingam

doi:10.1128/mBio.03647-20

mBio (Feb 2021)

Comorbidities in SARS-CoV-2 Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wern Hann Ng,
Thomas Tipih,
Nigel A. Makoah,
Jan-G Vermeulen,
Dominique Goedhals,
Joseph B. Sempa,
Felicity J. Burt,
Adam Taylor,
Suresh Mahalingam

Affiliations

Wern Hann Ng: ORCiD; Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Southport, QLD, Australia
Thomas Tipih: ORCiD; Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Nigel A. Makoah: ORCiD; Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Jan-G Vermeulen: ORCiD; Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Dominique Goedhals: ORCiD; Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Joseph B. Sempa: ORCiD; Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Felicity J. Burt: ORCiD; Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Adam Taylor: ORCiD; Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Southport, QLD, Australia
Suresh Mahalingam: ORCiD; Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Southport, QLD, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03647-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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COVID-19 has plagued the world since it was first identified in December 2019. Previous systematic reviews and meta-analysis were limited by various factors such as the usage of non-peer reviewed data and were also limited by the lack of clinical data on a global scale.

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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