Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Suspected Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever who Presented at the Uige Provincial Hospital (Uige, Angola), March–July 2005, by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Result.
| Variable | No. (%) of patients, by PCR results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Positive (n = 41) |
Negative (n = 61) |
|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 10 (24.4) | 27 (44.3) |
| Female | 31 (75.6) | 34 (55.7) |
| Age | ||
| <5 Years | 6 (14.6) | 17 (27.9) |
| 5–14 Years | 2 (4.9) | 4 (6.6) |
| 15–29 Years | 12 (29.3) | 13 (21.3) |
| 30–39 Years | 13 (31.7) | 15 (24.6) |
| ≥ 40 Years | 8 (19.5) | 12 (19.7) |
| Ethnicitya | ||
| Other | 3/34 (8.8) | 12/49 (24.5) |
| Kikongo | 31/34 (91.2) | 37/49 (75.5) |
| Occupationa | ||
| Student | 12/38 (31.6) | 20/55 (36.4) |
| Housewife | 12/38 (31.6) | 15/55 (27.3) |
| Other adult worker | 9/38 (23.7) | 15/55 (27.3) |
| Health care worker | 5/38 (13.2) | 5/55 (9.1) |
| Residencea | ||
| Urban/suburban | 34/39 (87.2) | 50/56 (89.3) |
| Rural | 5/39 (12.8) | 6/56 (10.7) |
a
Data missing for some individuals