Coronavirus Disease among Persons with Sickle Cell Disease, United States, March 20–May 21, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Panepinto, Julie A. ; Brandow, Amanda ; Mucalo, Lana ; Yusuf, Fouza ; Singh, Ashima ; Taylor, Bradley ; Woods, Katherine ; Payne, Amanda B. ; Peacock, Georgina ; Schieve, Laura A.
• Description:
  Sickle cell disease (SCD) disproportionately affects Black or African American persons in the United States and can cause multisystem organ damage and reduced lifespan. Among 178 persons with SCD in the United States who were reported to an SCD-coronavirus disease case registry, 122 (69%) were hospitalized and 13 (7%) died.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Anemia, Sickle Cell Asymptomatic Infections Betacoronavirus Child Child, Preschool Comorbidity Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Hospitalization Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Pandemics Patient Acuity Pneumonia, Viral Registries Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(10):2473-2476
• Pubmed ID:
  32639228
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7510702
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  UL1 TR001436/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6fb989fa3dde11f54695994e5a35f4e4b1bd6326f6bc8cb9929143a4b4b9f22a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94792/cdc_94792_DS1.pdf
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