Title: Impact of regional heterogeneity on the severity of COVID-19
Running title: Regional heterogeneity and COVID-19 management
Shinya Tsuzuki, MD,
MSc1,2*; Yusuke
Asai, PhD1; Nobuaki Matsunaga, MD,
PhD1; Haruhiko Ishioka, MD, PhD1;
Takayuki Akiyama, PhD1; Norio Ohmagari, MD,
PhD1,3
1 AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for
Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University
of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
3 Disease Control and Prevention Center, National
Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Corresponding author: Shinya Tsuzuki, MD, MSc
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
Tel: +81(0)3-3202-7181
Email:stsuzuki@hosp.ncgm.go.jp