Symptom- and Laboratory-Based Ebola Risk Scores to Differentiate Likely Ebola Infections
Shefali Oza
, Alieu A. Sesay, Neal J. Russell, Kevin Wing, Sabah Boufkhed, Lahai Vandi, Sahr C. Sebba, Rachael Cummings, and Francesco Checchi
Author affiliations: Save the Children International, Kerry Town, Sierra Leone (S. Oza, A.A. Sesay, N.J. Russell, K. Wing, S. Boufkhed, L. Vandi, S.C. Sebba, R. Cummings, F. Checchi); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom (S. Oza, N.J. Russell, K. Wing, S. Boufkhed, F. Checchi); Save the Children International, London (R. Cummings, F. Checchi)
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Figure 2. Suspected Ebola patients categorized as high-, medium-, and low-risk by ESR and ESLR scores, Kerry Town Ebola treatment center, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015. A) EVD-positive patients; B) EVD-negative patients. ESLR, Ebola symptom- and laboratory-based risk; ESR, Ebola symptom-based risk. Numbers in parentheses indicate 95% CIs.
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