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• TITLE: COVID-19 Infection and Homozygous SS Sickle Cell Disease in Children: About Two Cases in Ziguinchor/Senegal

  AUTHORS: Lamine Thiam, Noel Magloire Manga, Chérif Mouhamadou Aidara, Amadou Lamine Fall, Ibrahima Diagne, Ousmane Ndiaye

  KEYWORDS: COVID 19 Infection, Sickle Cell Disease, Child

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Pediatrics, Vol.10 No.4, December 30, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization declared that corona virus diseases-19 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to cause disaster in developing area including West Africa due to limited medical resources. COVID-19 reportedly causes severer conditions in adults with advanced age and in patients with underlying comorbidities including sickle cell anemia. We recently experienced two pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SS), who had COVID-19. We here highlight the difficulties of management and the severity of COVID-19 infection in children with homozygous sickle cell SS.