Clinical profile and factors associated with COVID-19 in Yaounde, Cameroon: A prospective cohort study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0251504
• Main Authors: Fouda Mbarga, Nicole, Epee, Emilienne, Mbarga, Marcel, Ouamba, Patrick, Nanda, Herwin, Nkengni, Aristide, Guekeme, Joseph, Eyong, Justin, Tossoukpe, Sylvie, Noumedem Sosso, Sauvia, Ngono Ngono, Engelbert, Ntsama, Lazare Mbala, Bonyomo, Landry, Tchatchoua, Patrick, Vogue, Noel, Metomb, Steve, Ale, Franck, Ousman, Moussa, Job, Dorian, Moussi, Charlotte, Tamakloe, Modeste, Haberer, Jessica E, Ndeso Atanga, Sylvester, Halle-Ekane, Gregory, Boum, 2nd, Yap
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.05.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; Aged; AIDS; Cameroon - epidemiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Consortia; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease transmission; Dyspnea; Emergency procedures; Fatigue; Female; Health risks; High temperature; High temperatures; HIV; HIV Infections; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Malaria; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Pandemics; People and Places; Pneumonia; Prospective Studies; Public health; Risk analysis; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Software; Supervision; Traditional medicine; Tuberculosis; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; Viruses; Yes-associated protein; Cameroon; Central Africa; United States > US; Senegal; Massachusetts

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic started, there are still few scientific reports on COVID-19 in Africa. This study explores the clinical profiles and factors associated with COVID-19 in Cameroon. In this prospective cohort study, we followed patients admitted for suspicion of COVID-19 at Djoungolo...