Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016
Research
Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone
Table 2
Ct results at hospital admission for patients with post-Ebola syndrome who reported 1 of the 3 most common symptoms, Sierra Leone*
Category | Ocular problems | Musculoskeletal pain | Headache |
---|---|---|---|
Yes, no. patients | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Ct at admission | |||
Median | 31 | 25 | 24 |
IQR |
25–37 |
23–30 |
23–28 |
No, no. patients | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Ct at admission | |||
Median | 27 | 29 | 31 |
IQR |
23–29 |
25–34 |
30–31 |
p value† | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.03 |
*Box-and-whisker plots illustrating symptom appearances are shown in Figure 2. Some patients reported >1 symptom. Boldface indicates significance. Ct, cycle threshold; IQR, interquartile range.
†By Mann-Whitney U test.