The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 mortality on ethnic minorities : genetics or health inequalities?

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dc.contributor.authorEl-Khatib, Ziaden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Graeme Brendonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIkomey, George Mondindeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNeogi, Ujjwalen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-23T06:20:30Z
dc.date.available2020-06-23T06:20:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: El-Khatib, Z. et al. 2020. The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 mortality on ethnic minorities : genetics or health inequalities? EClinicalMedicine, 23:100430, doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100430.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/home
dc.description.abstractThe cases of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continue to increase across the world, infecting nearly 5.5 million individuals and more than 350,000 death. The earlier studies indicate that significant risk factors for severe COVID-19 are older adults, and people with co-morbidities (regardless of age) including chronic lung diseases, heart diseases, severe obesity (body mass index 40 or higher), and diabetes. When it comes to the role of race/ethnicity, the data is limited, which could be disproportionately affecting ethnic minorities as observed in England during 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic [1 ]. Earlier reports from the United Kingdom indicated black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) are the hardest hit with COVID-19 both in terms of critically ill as well as higher mortality [2 ]en_ZA
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dc.format.extent2 pages
dc.identifier.citationEl-Khatib, Z. et al. 2020. The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 mortality on ethnic minorities : genetics or health inequalities? EClinicalMedicine, 23:100430, doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100430.
dc.identifier.issn2589-5370
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100430
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/108669
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.subjectCOVID-19 (Disease) -- Mortalityen_ZA
dc.subjectMinorities -- England -- Mortalityen_ZA
dc.subjectComorbiditiesen_ZA
dc.subjectMinorities -- England -- Health risk assessmenten_ZA
dc.titleThe disproportionate effect of COVID-19 mortality on ethnic minorities : genetics or health inequalities?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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