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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 8;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202792. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus Disease Among Persons With Sickle Cell Disease, United States, March 20-May 21, 2020
Julie A Panepinto, Amanda Brandow, Lana Mucalo, Fouza Yusuf, Ashima Singh, Bradley Taylor, Katherine Woods, Amanda B Payne, Georgina Peacock, Laura Schieve
- PMID: 32639228
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202792
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; SCD; United States; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; hemoglobin; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; sickle cell disease; viruses; zoonoses.