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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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Table

Data sources used for analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020–2021*

Data source Refugees Host Kenya
National SARS-CoV-2 testing repository SARS-CoV-2 testing rate SARS-CoV-2 testing rate SARS-CoV-2 testing rate
National line list of positive cases NA COVID-19 attack rate and case-fatality ratio COVID-19 attack rate and case-fatality ratio
UNHCR/IRC line list of positive cases from the
refugee camp		 COVID-19 attack rate and case-fatality ratio NA NA
Source of population size Population statistics from UNHCR 2019 National Housing and Population Census 2019 National Housing and Population Census

*IRC, International Rescue Committee; NA, not applicable; UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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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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