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. 2015 May 26;2:150019. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.19

Table 5. Parameter Estimates for Ebola Bundibugyo .

Parameter Estimate Estimate
Med=median; (NP)=Not Provided.
 
Incubation Period Distribution (days) (mean, (95% CI), median, (range)) * 6.3 (5.2, 7.3), Med=7 (2–20)
Delay Distributions (days)
 
 Symptom onset to…
 
 … hospitalization 3.5
  Roddy et al. (median, (range), n) 19 Med=3.5 (0–8), n=26
 … death (range of medians) 9–10
  Roddy et al. (median, (range), n) 19 Med=9 (3–20), n=11
  Wamala et al. (median, (range), n) 47 Med=10 (3–21), n=(NP)
 …recovery 10
  Wamala et al. (median, (range), n) 47 Med=10 (2–26), n=(NP)
Case Fatality Rate (range of estimates) 0.34–0.42
MacNeil et al. (estimate, n, year of outbreak) 46 0.40, n=43, 2007
Wamala et al. (estimate, n, year of outbreak) 47 0.34, n=116, 2007
Roddy et al. (estimate, n, year of outbreak) 19 0.42, n=26 (hospitalized confirmed), 2007–08

*See Fig. 1 for individual estimates.

See Fig. 2 for CFR estimates.

Confirmed cases only.