TY - JOUR AU - Dia, Ndongo AU - Lakh, Ndeye Aïssatou AU - Diagne, Moussa Moise AU - Mbaye, Khardiata Diallo AU - Taieb, Fabien AU - Fall, Ndeye Maguette AU - Barry, Mamadou Alioune AU - Ka, Daye AU - Fall, Amary AU - Diallo, Viviane Marie Pierre Cisse AU - Faye, Oumar AU - Jallow, Mamadou Malado AU - Dieng, Idrissa AU - Ndiaye, Mamadou AU - Diop, Mamadou AU - Bousso, Abdoulaye AU - loucoubar, Cheikh AU - Ndiaye, Marie Khemesse Ngom AU - Peyreffite, Christophe AU - Fortes, Louise AU - Sall, Amadou Alpha AU - Faye, Ousmane AU - Seydi, Moussa T1 - COVID-19 Outbreak, Senegal, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 11 SP - 2771 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 began later in Africa than in Asia and Europe. Senegal confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease on March 2, 2020. By March 4, a total of 4 cases had been confirmed, all in patients who traveled from Europe. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - coronavirus disease KW - Senegal DO - 10.3201/eid2611.202615 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-2615_article ER - End of Reference