Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/53219, first published .
Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Alan G Soetikno   1 , BS ;   Alexander L Lundberg   2, 3 , MSc, PhD ;   Egon A Ozer   4, 5 , MD, PhD ;   Scott A Wu   1 , BA ;   Sarah B Welch   2, 3 , MPH ;   Maryann Mason   2, 3 , PhD ;   Yingxuan Liu   2, 3 , MA ;   Robert J Havey   6, 7 , MD ;   Robert L Murphy   4, 6 , MD ;   Claudia Hawkins   4, 8 , MD, MPH ;   Charles B Moss   9 , PhD ;   Lori Ann Post   2, 3 , PhD

1 Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

2 Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

4 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

5 Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

6 Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

7 Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

8 Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

9 Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Lori Ann Post, PhD
  • Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics
  • Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health
  • Northwestern University
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  • Chicago, IL, 60611
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  • Email: lori.post@northwestern.edu