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Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Research Letter

Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018

Mohammed A. AbdulkarimComments to Author , Sufiyan M. Babale, Chukwuma D. Umeokonkwo, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Adebobola T. Bashorun, Auwal A. Usman, and Muhammad S. Balogun
Author affiliations: Gombe State Ministry of Health, Gombe, Nigeria (M.A. Abdulkarim); Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria (M.A. Abdulkarim, A.T. Bashorun, A.A. Usman, M.S. Balogun); Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (S.M. Babale); Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria (C.D. Umeokonkwo); University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (E.A. Bamgboye)

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Table

Independent predictors of dying from Lassa fever, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018*

Variable
 No. (%) died, n = 41
 No. (%) survived, n = 35
 Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
 Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Sex
M 21 (51.2) 20 (48.8) 0.8 (0.32–1.95)
 0.8 (0.18–3.70)
F
 20 (57.1)
 15 (42.9)
Age group
Productive 33 (53.2) 29 (46.8) 0.9 (0.26–2.75)
 1.2 (0.22–6.68)
Dependent
 8 (57.1)
 6 (42.9)
Place of residence
Rural 27 (48.2) 29 (51.8) 0.4 (0.13–1.19)
 0.4 (0.08–2.27)
Urban
 14 (70.0)
 6 (30.0)
First place of admission
Tertiary hospital 27 (46.6) 31 (53.4) 0.2 (0.07–0.85)
 0.2 (0.02–1.45)
Other
 14 (77.8)
 4 (22.2)
Bleeding episode†
Yes 34 (60.7) 22 (39.3) 2.2 (0.73–6.66)
 NI
No
 7 (41.2)
 10 (58.8)
Duration between seeking care and onset of illness, d
>7 25 (73.5) 9 (26.5) 4.5 (1.69–12.08)
 6.2 (1.40–27.60)
<7
 16 (38.1)
 26 (61.9)
Duration between seeking care and any bleeding episode, h‡
>24 25 (80.6) 6 (19.4) 7.4 (2.21–24.81) 6.4 (1.40–29.44)
<24 9 (36.0) 16 (64.0)

*Bold indicates significance (p<0.05). NI, not included in a regression model; OR odds ratio.
†n = 73 for this variable because of missing values. Variable not included in the regression model (p>0.1).
‡n = 56 for this variable because not all case-patients had a bleeding episode.

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