Spatiotemporal prevalence of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 variants in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant public health and socioeconomic crises across Africa; however, the prevalent patterns of COVID-19 and the circulating characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants in the continent remain insufficiently documented.

Methods

In this study, national data on case numbers, infection incidences, mortality rates, the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants, and key health indexes were collected from various official and professional sources between January 2020 and December 2023 were analyzed with SaTScan and geographically weighted regression (GWR).

Results

The prevalent profiles and circulating features of SARS-CoV-2 across the African continent, inclu

SUBMITTER: Gao LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882590 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature