Table 1. Demographics, clinical symptoms and laboratory data across patient series.
Criteria | Number of Patient Series (from 89) | Number / total number of patients | Median Value Across Patient Series (range) |
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Age | 14 | 1684 | 29 years (22–37) (22.0–34.5) |
Sex | 65 | 12,171/13,369 | 100% Male (51.3–100) |
Symptoms | |||
Duration of Fever | 25 | 3927 | 14.4 days (9–19) |
Headache | 29 | 3,805/4,251 | 100% (71.0–100) |
Conjunctival Congestion | 22 | 1,860/2,765 | 69.3% (10.2–100) |
Myalgia | 13 | 1,051/2,417 | 56.1% (2.2–100) |
Cough | 28 | 1,706/3,869 | 50% (5.1–100) |
Pharyngitis | 12 | 598/1,301 | 37.0% (1.9–100) |
Deafness | 23 | 756/4,020 | 25.0% (0.0–74.4) |
Abdominal Pain | 11 | 155/825 | 14.3% (2.8–80.4) |
Delirium | 24 | 293/2,983 | 12.6% (0.0–56.9) |
Nausea or vomiting | 10 | 131/1,738 | 8.4% (2.4–43.8) |
Bleeding (Inc. epistaxis) | 14 | 150/1,828 | 6.2% (1.0–55.6) |
Meningitis | 19 | 141/2,925 | 5.5% (0.0–15.8) |
Signs | |||
Lymphadenopathy | 41 | 6,289/7,534 | 84.7% (20.0–100) |
Rash | 51 | 3,526/7078 | 44.9% (0–100) |
Eschar | 57 | 4,810/9,017 | 37.7% (0–100%) |
Splenomegaly | 25 | 1,103/3,051 | 35.0% (0.0–95.5) |
Pneumonitis | 27 | 1,655/4,673 | 33.9% (2.3–68.0) |
Hepatomegaly | 7 | 200/836 | 14.3% (6.4–93.5) |
Pneumonia | 28 | 286/3,907 | 7.8% (1.0–38.1) |
Myocarditis | 6 | 58/906 | 4.3% (1.0–39.2) |
Jaundice | 6 | 120/1,823 | 1.9% (0.0–3.1) |
Blood Laboratory Results | |||
White blood cells per microlitre | 18 | 1,180 | 6,450 (5,000–12,000) |
“Raised Urea” * | 3 | 37/176 | 18.9 (0.0–24.8) |
* Definition of raised urea ranged from >8.9mmol/L to 21.4mmol/L.