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SUBMITTER: Bakamutumaho B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bakamutumaho Barnabas B Cummings Matthew J MJ Owor Nicholas N Kayiwa John J Namulondo Joyce J Byaruhanga Timothy T Muwanga Moses M Nsereko Christopher C Rwamutwe Emmanuel E Mutonyi Roselyn R Achan Josephine J Wanyenze Lucy L Ndazarwe Alice A Nakanjako Ruth R Natuhwera Richard R Nsangi Annet A Bosa Henry Kyobe HK Ocom Felix F O'Donnell Max R MR Kikaire Bernard B Lutwama Julius J JJ
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20210809 3
Among a prospective cohort of children and adults admitted to a national COVID-19 treatment unit in Uganda from March to December 2020, we characterized the epidemiology of and risk factors for severe illness. Across two epidemic phases differentiated by varying levels of community transmission, the proportion of patients admitted with WHO-defined severe COVID-19 ranged from 5% (7/146; 95% CI: 2-10) to 33% (41/124; 95% CI: 25-42); 21% (26/124; 95% CI: 14-29%) of patients admitted during the peak ...[more]