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ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2020

Is the effect of COVID-19 on children underestimated in low- and middle- income countries?

Justus Simba, Ian Sinha, Patrick Mburugu, Ambrose Agweyu, Caren Emadau, Sam Akech, Rosemary Kithuci, Laura Oyiengo, Mike English

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Article in Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Justus SimbaChild Health and Paediatrics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-8309
Ian SinhaRespiratory Medicine, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Patrick MburuguChild Health and Paediatrics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Ambrose AgweyuHealth Services Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Caren EmadauPaediatrics, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Sam AkechHealth Services Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Rosemary KithuciSchool of Nursing, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Laura OyiengoNeonatal and Child Health Division, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mike EnglishHealth Services Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.

Funding

European Respiratory Society CTF201904-00624
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Child HealthCOVID-19Developing CountriesPandemicsChildHumansKenya

Identifiers

PMID32557761
PMCPMC7323043

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