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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research

Intense and Mild First Epidemic Wave of Coronavirus Disease, The Gambia

Baderinwa Abatan, Orighomisan Agboghoroma, Fatai Akemoke, Martin Antonio, Babatunde Awokola, Mustapha Bittaye, Abdoulie Bojang, Kalifa Bojang, Helen Brotherton, Carla Cerami, Ed Clarke, Umberto D’Alessandro, Thushan de Silva, Mariama Drammeh, Karen Forrest, Natalie Hofmann, Sherifo Jagne, Hawanatu Jah, Sheikh Jarju, Assan Jaye, Modou Jobe, Beate Kampmann, Buba Manjang, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez, Nuredin Mohammed, Behzad Nadjm, Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Esin Nkereuwem, Davis Nwakanma, Francis Oko, Emmanuel Okoh, Uduak Okomo, Yekini Olatunji, Eniyou Oriero, Andrew M. Prentice, Charles Roberts, Anna RocaComments to Author , Babanding Sabally, Sana Sambou, Ahmadou Samateh, Ousman Secka, Abdul Karim Sesay, Yankuba Singhateh, Bubacarr Susso, Effua Usuf, Aminata Vilane, and Oghenebrume Wariri12
Author affiliations: Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (B. Abatan, O. Agboghoroma, F. Akemoke, M. Antonio, B. Awokola, A. Bojang, K. Bojang, H. Brotherton, C. Cerami, E. Clarke, U. D’Alessandro, T. de Silva, K. Forrest, N. Hofmann, H. Jah, S. Jarju, A. Jaye, M. Jobe, B. Kampmann, M. Martinez-Alvarez, N. Mohammed, B. Nadjm, M.O. Ndiath, E. Nkereuwem, D. Nwakanma, F. Oko, E. Okoh, U. Okomo, Y. Olatunji, E. Oriero, A.M. Prentice, A. Roca, O. Secka, A.K. Sesay, B. Susso, E. Usuf, A. Vilane, O. Wariri); Ministry of Health, Banjul, The Gambia (M. Bittaye, M. Drammeh, S. Jagne, B. Manjang, C. Roberts, B. Sabally, A. Samateh, S. Sambou, Y. Singhateh)

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Daily COVID-19 cases and cumulative rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection per 1,000 persons among staff of Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) and the population of The Gambia, June 30–October 1, 2020. A) Case rates for MRCG staff outside the clinical service department and the population of The Gambia. We considered MRCG staff outside the clinical service department to be at the same risk for COVID-19 as the rest of the population. B) Risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among MRCG staff stratified by potential occupational exposure risk. We considered clinical service department staff at highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and these staff were under more intense surveillance. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Figure 3. Daily COVID-19 cases and cumulative rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection per 1,000 persons among staff of Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) and the population of The Gambia, June 30–October 1, 2020. A) Case rates for MRCG staff outside the clinical service department and the population of The Gambia. We considered MRCG staff outside the clinical service department to be at the same risk for COVID-19 as the rest of the population. B) Risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among MRCG staff stratified by potential occupational exposure risk. We considered clinical service department staff at highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and these staff were under more intense surveillance. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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1Authors are listed in alphabetical order.

2All authors were part of the MRC/Gambian Government COVID-19 Working Group and contributed equally to this article.

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