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COVID-19 in Africa: Dampening the storm?

The dampened course of COVID-19 in Africa might reveal innovative solutions

By Moustapha Mbow1, Bertrand Lell2,3, Simon P. Jochems4, Badara Cisse5, Souleymane Mboup6, Benjamin G. Dewals7, Assan Jaye8, Alioune Dieye1, Maria Yazdanbakhsh4

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly and extensively to most countries in the world, resulting in considerable mortality in Europe and the United States, as well as in numerous upper-middle-income countries in South America and Asia. Experts pre- dicted millions of COVID-19 deaths in Africa because many countries in the continent rank poorly on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index. However,

 

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The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic

how have immunology societies contributed?

Faith Osier, Jenny P. Y. Ting , John Fraser, Bart N. Lambrecht,
Marta Romano, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Karina R. Bortoluci , Dario S. Zamboni , Arne N. Akbar , Jennie Evans, Doug E. Brown, Kamala D. Patel, Yuzhang Wu, Ana B. Perez, Oliver Pérez, Thomas Kamradt, Christine Falk, Mira Barda-Saad, Amiram Ariel , Angela Santoni, Francesco Annunziato, Marco A. Cassatella, Hiroshi Kiyono , Valeriy Chereshnev, Alioune Dieye, Moustapha Mbow, Babacar Mbengue, Maguette D. S. Niang and Melinda Suchard

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on the field of immunology like never before. To appreciate the diverse ways in which immunologists have contributed, Nature Reviews Immunology invited the president of ...

 

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The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic

La Société Sénégalaise d’Immunologie (SSI), dans le cadre des activités menées contre la COVID-19, fait partie des 15 sociétés savantes du monde, membres de l’Union Internationale des Sociétés d’Immunologie (IUIS) choisies par faire partie d’une contribution scientifique commune publiée dans la revue anglaise « Nature Reviews Immunology : Viewpoint Article » sous le titre : “The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic: how have immunology societies contributed?” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-00428-4

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Immunopaedia Ambassadors – Africa

Immunopaedia Ambassadors – Africa

Our Ambassadors from across the African continent.


What is your name?
Doudou Georges Massar Niang

What is your current position
Medical resident in Clinical Biology and PhD Candidate in immunology

Which institute and country do you work in?
Medical Residency: Hôpital Général Idrissa Pouye (Dakar, Senegal) & Doctoral Studies: University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD, Dakar, Senegal)

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