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Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017

Research

Sequelae and Other Conditions in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors, Sierra Leone, 2015

Hamish MohammedComments to Author , Alren O. Vandy, Rebecca Stretch, David Otieno, Mukesh Prajapati, Mauricio Calderon, and Mohamed Vandi
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (H. Mohammed); World Health Organization, Kenema, Sierra Leone (H. Mohammed, A.O. Vandy, R. Stretch, D. Otieno, M. Prajapati); World Health Organization, Freetown, Sierra Leone (M. Calderon); District Health Management Team, Kenema, Sierra Leone (M. Vandi)

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Frequency of symptoms reported without fever at 238 attendances of survivors of laboratory-confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) at the Survivor Clinic, Kenema Government Hospital (KGH), Kenema, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015. A) Overall; B) 4–144 days from KGH discharge after initial EVD diagnosis to Survivor Clinic attendance; C) 145–254 days from discharge to attendance; D) 255–358 days from discharge to attendance; and E) 359–504 days from discharge to attendance. Eye problems comprise eye irritation

Figure 2. Frequency of symptoms reported without fever at 238 attendances of survivors of laboratory-confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) at the Survivor Clinic, Kenema Government Hospital (KGH), Kenema, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015. A) Overall; B) 4–144 days from KGH discharge after initial EVD diagnosis to Survivor Clinic attendance; C) 145–254 days from discharge to attendance; D) 255–358 days from discharge to attendance; and E) 359–504 days from discharge to attendance. Eye problems comprise eye irritation, eye pain, eye discharge, itchy eye, poor vision, or blurred vision. Amenorrhea was recorded only for women (age range 15–40 years) and erectile dysfunction only for men (age range 24–35 years). Chest burn is a local term for heartburn.

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