Epidemiologic characteristics, clinical manifestations, and risk factors of 139 patients with Ebola virus disease in western Sierra Leone
June 19th, 2016The median age of investigated patients was 29 years
55.4% were women.
76 patients (54.7%) died
63 patients (45.3%) were cured.
Case fatality rate among male patients was higher than in female patients (69.4% vs 42.9%).
Fatigue (82.0%), anorexia (70.5%), abdominal pain (59.7%), diarrhea (58.3%), vomiting (56.1%), fever (55.4%), and muscle pain (54.0%) were the most common symptoms.
55.4% of investigated patients reported fever.
Bleeding was seen in 10.8% of patients.
The difference between patients with fever who died and those who survived was statistically significant (68.4% vs 39.7%; P = 0.001), as was the difference in those with hiccups (38.2% vs 6.3%, P < 0.001).