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Particularities of COVID-19 infection in chronic hemodialysis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: experience from Senegal (West Africa)
Kane Yaya*, BA Mamadou AW, Lemrabott A Tall, Mah Sidi Mohamed, Koulibaly CA Tidiane, Ndiaye Fatou, Gaye Mactar Amadou, Faye Maria, Faye Moustapha, Seck S Mohamed, KA El Fary, Niang Abdou and Diouf Boucar
Published: 23 May, 2023 | Volume 7 - Issue 2 | Pages: 042-043
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appeared in December 2019 in China and has rapidly become a major global health concern. Patients with end-stage renal disease receiving dialysis treatment are very exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 during their frequent visits to healthcare facilities and immune induced by uremia. The aim of our work was to describe the particularity of COVID-19 infection in hemodialysis patients in sub-Saharan Africa and in Ziguinchor, south of Senegal, particularly. To do this, we conducted a monocentric prospective study over a period of 16 months at the Ziguinchor hemodialysis center and compared our results to a study that focuses on the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in chronic hemodialysis patients. We found a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection while the majority of our patients were in contact with the virus.
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DOI: 10.29328/journal.jcn.1001106
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Keywords:
COVID-19; Hemodialysis; Africa; Senegal
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