Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Research
Sensitivity and Specificity of Suspected Case Definition Used during West Africa Ebola Epidemic
Table 2
Analysis of complete Ebola virus disease suspected case definition and individual criteria during West Africa Ebola epidemic, Guinea, March–October 2014*
Criteria choice | Cases, no. (%) | Noncases, no. (%) |
---|---|---|
Meets complete definition | 552 (64.2) | 308 (35.8) |
Does not meet complete definition | 249 (45.1) | 303 (54.9) |
Meets epidemiologic risk criteria† | 121 (82.3) | 26 (17.7) |
Does not meet epidemiologic risk criteria | 41 (43.6) | 53 (56.4) |
Meets clinical criteria | 458 (66.4) | 232 (33.6) |
Does not meet clinical criteria | 343 (47.5) | 379 (52.5) |
Meets unexplained bleeding criteria | 79 (49.1) | 82 (50.9) |
Does not meet unexplained bleeding criteria | 722 (57.7) | 529 (42.3) |
Meets unexplained death criteria | 113 (72.0) | 44 (28.0) |
Does not meet unexplained death criteria |
683 (54.8) |
564 (45.2) |
*Percentages correlate with rows. †Contact with infected persons or body fluid, handling of bushmeat, attending the funeral of an Ebola case-patient. |