Publications
Case fatality rate of enteric fever in endemic countries University of Antwerp Hasselt University
The global case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 by continents and national income Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The aim of this study is to provide a more accurate representation of COVID-19's case fatality rate (CFR) by performing meta-analyses by continents and income, and by comparing the result with pooled estimates. We used multiple worldwide data sources on COVID-19 for every country reporting COVID-19 cases. On the basis of data, we performed random and fixed meta-analyses for CFR of COVID-19 by continents and income according to each individual ...
Stroke case fatality in sub-Saharan Africa Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: The burden of stroke is high in sub-Saharan Africa; however, few data are available on long-term mortality.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate over one-month stroke case fatality in sub-Saharan Africa.
METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed according to meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines (PROSPERO protocol: ...
COVID-19 infection fatality rate associated with incidence; a population-level analysis of 19 Spanish autonomous communities Institute of Tropical Medicine
Previous studies have found large variations in the COVID-19 infection fatality rate (IFR). This study hypothesized that IFR would be influenced by COVID-19 epidemic intensity. We tested the association between epidemic intensity and IFR using serological results from a recent large SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey (N = 60,983) in 19 Spanish regions. The infection fatality rate for Spain as a whole was 1.15% and varied between 0.13% and 3.25% in the ...