Large Diffusion of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 After the Successive Epidemiological Waves, Including Omicron, in Guinea and Cameroon: Implications for Vaccine Strategies.
Mamadou Saliou Kalifa DialloMarie Amougou-AtsamaAhidjo AyoubaCece KpamouEric Donald Mimbe TazeGuillaume ThaurignacHaby DialloNadine Boutgam LamareJulie BouillinAbdoul Karim SoumahSébastien Awono NoahEmilande GuichetAlpha Kabinet KeitaMarie VarloteauxMartine PeetersAnne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi BissekAbdoulaye ToureEric DelaporteCharles KouanfackPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
These findings show a high community transmission after the different epidemiological waves including Omicron, especially among people aged >40 years. In addition, our results suggest that the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been underestimated as a significant proportion of the population has already contracted the virus and that vaccine strategies should focus on vulnerable populations.