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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Ophthalmic Sequelae of Ebola Virus Disease in Survivors, Sierra Leone

Charlene H. Choo, Laura Ward, Ian Crozier, Tolulope Fashina, Daisy Yan, Brent R. Hayek, Caleb Hartley, Matthew Vandy, John G. Mattia, Lloyd Harrison-Williams, Jalikatu Mustapha, Carolyn Drews-Botsch, Steven Yeh1, and Jessica Shantha1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (C.H. Choo, T. Fashina, C. Hartley, S. Yeh); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Ward, S. Yeh, J. Shantha); Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA (I. Crozier); University of California, San Francisco, California, USA (D. Yan, J. Shantha); North Georgia Eye Clinic, Gainesville, Georgia, USA (B.R. Hayek); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone (M. Vandy, J.G. Mattia, L. Harrison-Williams, J. Mustapha); George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (C. Drews-Botsch)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of survivors in study of ophthalmic sequelae after Ebola virus disease, Sierra Leone*

Characteristic Total, N = 521
Age, mean (SD)
 31.1 (16.0)
Sex, no.
F 285 (54.7)
M
 236 (45.3)
Ethnicity n = 485
Temne 297 (61.2)
Limba 64 (13.2)
Mende 44 (9.1)
Fula 18 (3.7)
Other
 62 (12.8)
Education level n = 470
Primary and junior secondary school 177 (37.7)
None or nursery school 175 (37.2)
Higher education
 118 (25.1)
Occupation n = 492
Farmer or trader 213 (43.3)
Student 143 (29.1)
Unemployed or housewife 27 (5.5)
Healthcare or social worker 24 (4.9)
Construction worker 18 (3.7)
Other
 67 (13.6)
District of residence n = 510
Western Area Urban 157 (30.8)
Western Area Rural 141 (27.6)
Bombali or Tonkolili, Northern Province 148 (29.0)
Koidu or Kono, Eastern Province 52 (10.2)
Other 12 (2.4)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. ETU, Ebola treatment unit,

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1These authors were co–principal investigators.

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