First wave COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread from China to the rest of the world. Africa seems less impacted with lower number of cases and deaths than other continents. Senegal recorded its first case on March 2, 2020. We present here data collected from March 2 to October 31, 2020 in Senegal.

Methods

Socio-demographic, epidemiological, clinical and virological information were collected on suspected cases. To determine factors associated with diagnosed infection, symptomatic disease and death, multivariable binary logistic regression and log binomial models were used. Epidemiological parameters such as the reproduction number and growth rate were estimated.

Results

67,608 suspected cases were tested by the IPD laboratories (13,031 pos

SUBMITTER: Diarra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9488827 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature