Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Research
Sensitivity and Specificity of Suspected Case Definition Used during West Africa Ebola Epidemic
Table 1
Characteristics of 2,847 persons used for analysis of suspected case definition during West Africa Ebola epidemic, Guinea, March–October 2014
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
No. persons |
2,847 (100.0) |
Sex | |
M | 1,396 (49.0) |
F | 1,408 (49.5) |
Missing |
43 (1.5) |
Age, y | |
0–<5 | 166 (5.8) |
5–15 | 259 (9.1) |
16–25 | 474 (16.6) |
26–35 | 625 (21.9) |
36–45 | 517 (18.2) |
46–55 | 295 (10.4) |
>55 | 414 (14.5) |
Missing |
97 (3.4) |
Fever (temperature) recorded | |
>38.6°C | 29 (1.0) |
>38°C | 34 (1.2) |
Missing |
2,813 (98.8) |
Sign/symptom reported | |
Fever, tactile or measured at >38°C | 1,524 (53.5) |
Fatigue | 1,400 (49.2) |
Diarrhea | 963 (33.8) |
Vomiting/nausea | 1,019 (35.8) |
Anorexia | 772 (27.1) |
Headache | 782 (27.5) |
Chest pain | 44 (1.5) |
Abdominal pain | 483 (16.9) |
Muscle pain | 445 (15.6) |
Joint pain | 331 (11.6) |
Difficulty swallowing | 32 (1.1) |
Difficulty breathing | 35 (1.2) |
Hiccups | 121 (4.3) |
Unexplained bleeding |
274 (9.6) |
Epidemiologic risk factors in past month | |
Contact with any sick person | 282 (9.9) |
Contact with infectious bodily fluids from known case-patient | 36 (1.3) |
Physical contact with a case-patient, dead or alive | 87 (3.1) |
Participated in a funeral touching/carrying a body | 83 (2.9) |
Contact with bats or nonhuman primates |
2 (0.1) |
Laboratory confirmation status | |
Reverse transcription PCR positive | 1,304 (45.8) |
Reverse transcription PCR negative | 1,233 (43.3) |
Unconfirmed/eliminated |
310 (10.9) |
Final status | |
Alive | 1,012 (35.5) |
Dead | 1,124 (39.5) |
Status missing | 711 (24.9) |