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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Synopsis

Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020–20211

Maurice OpeComments to Author , Raymond Musyoka, John Kiogora, Jesse Wambugu, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Gideon O. Emukule, Peninah Munyua, Bonaventure Juma, Elizabeth Simiyu, Levan Gagnidze, John Burton, and Rachel B. Eidex
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (M. Ope, R. Musyoka, E. Hunsperger, G.O. Emukule, P. Munyua, B. Juma, R.B. Eidex); International Rescue Committee, Nairobi (J. Kiogora); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Kakuma, Kenya (J. Wambugu); International Rescue Committee, Kakuma (E. Simiyu); International Organization for Migration, Nairobi (L. Gagnidze); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Nairobi (J. Burton)

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Figure 1

Testing algorithm and timelines for priority groups in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020‒December 31, 2021. Voluntary repatriation was halted in 2020 because of the pandemic and resumed in April 2021. Symptomatic persons were initially tested for SARS-CoV-2 using real-time PCR; starting April 2021, they were tested used only Ag RDT; starting in June 2021, positive samples were confirmed using GeneXpert (Cephid, https://www.cepheid.com). Persons with SARI/ILI were initially tested using real-time PCR; starting April 2021, they were tested using both Ag RDT and real-time PCR. Ag RDT, antigen rapid diagnostic testing; ILI, influenza-like illness; SARI, severe acute respiratory illness.

Figure 1. Testing algorithm and timelines for priority groups in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020‒December 31, 2021. Voluntary repatriation was halted in 2020 because of the pandemic and resumed in April 2021. Symptomatic persons were initially tested for SARS-CoV-2 using real-time PCR; starting April 2021, they were tested used only Ag RDT; starting in June 2021, positive samples were confirmed using GeneXpert (Cephid, https://www.cepheid.com). Persons with SARI/ILI were initially tested using real-time PCR; starting April 2021, they were tested using both Ag RDT and real-time PCR. Ag RDT, antigen rapid diagnostic testing; ILI, influenza-like illness; SARI, severe acute respiratory illness.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 2022 North American Refugee Health Conference, June 23–25, 2022, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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