Contact Tracing Activities during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014
Meredith G. Dixon, Melanie M. Taylor, Jacob Dee, Avi Hakim, Paul Cantey, Travis Lim, Hawa Bah, Sékou Mohamed Camara, Clement B. Ndongmo, Mory Togba, Leonie Yvonne Touré, Pepe Bilivogui, Mohammed Sylla, Michael H. Kinzer, Fátima Coronado, Jon Eric Tongren, Mahesh Swaminathan, Lise Mandigny, Boubacar Diallo, Thomas Seyler, Marc Rondy, Guénaël Rodier, William Perea, and Benjamin A. Dahl
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.G. Dixon, M.M. Taylor, J. Dee, A. Hakim, P. Cantey, T. Lim, M. Kinzer, F. Coronado, M. Swaminathan, B. Dahl); World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo (H. Bah, S.M. Camara); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia (C.B. Ndongmo); Ministry of Health, Guinea (M. Togba, L.Y. Touré, P. Bilivogui, M. Sylla); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kigali, Rwanda (J.E. Tongren); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (L. Mandigny, B. Diallo, G. Rodier, W.A. Perea); EpiConcept, Paris, France; World Health Organization Ebola Response Team, Conakry, Guinea (T. Seyler, M. Rondy)
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Table 2
Demographic characteristics of contacts of Ebola virus disease case-patients in 2 prefectures, Guinea, September 20-December 31, 2014*
Characteristic |
Prefecture
|
Kindia |
Faranah |
No. contacts |
1,137 |
289 |
No. source case-patients |
50 |
27 |
No. contact events |
1,233 |
317 |
Median no. contacts per case-patient (IQR)
|
16 (11.2–28)
|
9 (5.5–15.5)
|
Age, y |
|
|
Median |
22 |
20 |
IQR |
10–40 |
8–35 |
<18 y, no. (%)
|
450 (39.6)
|
124 (42.9)
|
Female sex, no. (%)
|
611 (53.7)
|
146 (50.5)
|
Village, no.
|
58
|
24
|
Subprefecture
|
10
|
8
|
Relationship to source case-patient, no. (%) |
|
|
Family/household member |
470 (41.3) |
152 (52.6) |
Neighbor |
464 (40.8) |
6 (2.1) |
Health care worker |
22 (1.9) |
0 |
Teacher |
1 (0.1) |
0 |
Other |
17 (1.5) |
39 (13.5) |
No data |
163 (14.3) |
92 (31.8) |
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