Respiratory virus surveillance in hospitalized children less than two-years of age in Kenema, Sierra Leone during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2020- October 2021)

• Robert J. Samuels ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robert J. Samuels, Zaid Haddadin, Natasha B. Halasa, Troy D. Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: robjsam190@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7000-4218

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• Ibrahim Sumah ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone

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• Foday Alhasan ,

  Roles Data curation

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone

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• Rendie McHenry ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Laura Short ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• James D. Chappell ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Zaid Haddadin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robert J. Samuels, Zaid Haddadin, Natasha B. Halasa, Troy D. Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Natasha B. Halasa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robert J. Samuels, Zaid Haddadin, Natasha B. Halasa, Troy D. Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Inaê D. Valério ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-7388

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• Gustavo Amorim ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Donald S. Grant ,

  Roles Supervision

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• John S. Schieffelin ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ IS, FA, RM, LS, JDC, IDV, GA, DSG and JSS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Troy D. Moon

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robert J. Samuels, Zaid Haddadin, Natasha B. Halasa, Troy D. Moon

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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