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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Synopsis

Epidemiology of Epidemic Ebola Virus Disease in Conakry and Surrounding Prefectures, Guinea, 2014–2015

Adriana RicoComments to Author , Debra Brody, Fátima Coronado, Marc Rondy, Lena Fiebig, Andrea Carcelen, Varough M. Deyde, Samuel Mesfin, Kyla D. Retzer, Pepe Bilivogui, Sakoba Keita, and Benjamin A. Dahl
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Rico, F. Coronado, A. Carcelen, B.A. Dahl); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA (D. Brody); EpiConcept, Paris, France (M. Rondy); World Health Organization Ebola Response Team, Conakry, Guinea (M. Rondy, L. Fiebig, S. Mesfin); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (L. Fiebig); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa (V.M. Deyde); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Denver, Colorado, USA (K.D. Retzer); Ministry of Health, Conakry (P. Bilivogui, S. Keita)

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Table 2

Ebola virus disease cases and associated deaths Conakry, the capital city, and surrounding prefectures, Guinea, January 1, 2014–March 29, 2015*

Location No. cases by classification
Total Probable Laboratory-confirmed Laboratory confirmed with known final status No. (%) deaths
ETC Community Total†
Prefectures
Conakry 553 34 519 513 168 93 295 (53)
Coyah 236 7 229 221 84 44 135 (57)
Dubreka 123 8 115 110 36 32 76 (62)
Forecariah 335 45 290 277 106 78 229 (68)
Kindia 108 35 73 70 35 12 82 (76)
Total
 1,355
 129
 1,226
 1,191
429
 259
 817(60)
Conakry commune‡
Dixinn 59 2 57 56 15 11 28 (47)
Kaloum 55 7 48 48 9 8 24 (44)
Matam 61 6 55 53 19 9 34 (56)
Matoto 198 13 185 185 62 43 118 (60)
Ratoma 145 4 141 140 51 20 75 (52)

*Data were obtained from the Guinea Ministry of Health national case database (Epi Info Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Application, http://epiinfovhf.codeplex.com/). ETC, Ebola treatment center.
†Probable plus ETC plus community deaths divided by all cases.
‡Counts do not sum because 35 cases were missing commune information.

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