Tunisia

First Case of SARS-CoV-2-Induced Eosinophilic Fasciitis

Modern Rheumatology Case Reports This article reports the first case of Eosinophilic Fasciitis possibly triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 45-year-old Tunisian woman with severe widespread muscle pain noticed one month after a COVID-19 infection. Journal Article

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SARS-CoV-2 Excretion Kinetics in Nasopharyngeal and Stool Samples from the Pediatric Population

Frontiers in Medicine This article aims to describe RNA shedding in nasopharyngeal and stool samples obtained from asymptomatic and symptomatic children and to investigate virus viability. Journal Article

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Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters and Ascertainment Rate from Early Transmission of COVID-19 across Africa

Royal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article

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COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effect on the Mental Health among the Tunisian General Population: Associated Factors Mining Via Machine Learning

Scientific African This article applies machine learning techniques to identify the major factors as well as the clusters of features leading to several psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. Journal Article

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Prevalence and Impact of Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in a Tunisian Center: A Cross-Sectional Study

Annals of Medicine and Surgery This article aims to evaluate the prevalence and impact of diabetes mellitus on the severity and mortality of COVID-19 in patients at a Tunisian Center. Journal Article

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The Impact of Job Loss on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis in Tunisia: Analysis Based on Counterfactual Decomposition Approach

Mental Health and Social Inclusion This article aims to investigate the impact of job loss on the mental health of individuals in Tunisia during the COVID-19 crisis. Journal Article

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A Comparative Hierarchical Data-Centric Approach to Monitor Social Permeability, Coping Potential and Social Vulnerability in Facing COVID-19 Crisis in Africa

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction This article considers social permeability, coping potential, and social vulnerability as the bases of assessment in a hierarchical independent approach to positioning 8 African countries (including Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria) with regards to their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Comparative Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Three African Countries Using a Mathematical Model Integrating Immunity Data

medRxiv This working paper studies COVID-19 mortality in Tunisia, Senegal and Madagascar and presents a susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered model for COVID-19 infections. Working Paper

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Hospital Bed Capacity Across in Tunisia Hospital during the First 4 Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Analysis

Infectious Medicine This article analyzes the bed occupancy rates in public hospitals in Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Learning from the Past: A Short Term Forecast Method for the COVID-19 Incidence Curve

PLOS Computational Biology This article proposes a machine learning method that forecasts the future values of the daily incidence trend based on the evolution of other incidence trend curves that were similar to the current one in the past. It derives its data from numerous countries worldwide including Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, and the UAE from…

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