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Table 2 Review of reported cases of Kawasaki disease in Africa

From: Kawasaki disease in Kenya and review of the African literature

Country

Number of Cases per Report

Total Cases per Country

Reference Numbers

Algeria

133, 1**, [64]*, 62

196

47, 48, 49, 85

Cameroon

1, 1

2

51, 80

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2, 11

13

26, 43

Egypt

2**, 4, 64, 22**

92

55, 56, 57, 60

Gabon

33

33

81

Ghana

3

3

36

Guinea

1

1

87

Ivory Coast

1

1

15

Kenya

23, [4]*

23

Current paper, 12

Liberia

1

1

78

Libya

71

71

88

Madagascar

1, 1

2

30, 35

Morocco

23, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 359#

387

49, 63, 69, 72, 75, 83, 86

Nigeria

[1]*, 1, 1, 1, [1]*, 1, 2, 1, [1]*, 8, [2]*, 1, 1, [2]*, 1

18

6, 21, 34, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 70, 76, 77, 79

Senegal

1, 1

2

17, 68

South Africa

2, 4, [6]*, 12, 1, [1]*, 4**, 1, 1, 19

44

13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 31, 46

Sudan

2, 2

4

24, 71

Tanzania

2, 2, 1

5

59, 67, 73

Togo

1, 1

2

50, 82

Tunisia

2, [1]*, 7**, 14**, 29**, 1**, 1**, [1]*, [1]*, 31, 1, 33, 25**, 1, 1, 1, 65

212

16, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 37, 38, 42, 49, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65, 74, 84

Uganda

1

1

66

Zambia

2

2

11

Total cases from North Africa

962

Total cases from sub-Saharan Africa

153

Total cases

1115

  1. *Duplicate cases; **Some of these cases may have been included in other papers, but given uncertainty, they were counted as separate cases; #Removed COVID-19 related cases [379 − 20 (42% of 47)]