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. 2015 Aug 14;9(8):e0003971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003971

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)
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.