Table 1. Demographic characteristics of enrolled suspected EVD patients.
Characteristics | No. (%) of Patients |
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Sex (n = 314) | |
Female | 166 (52.8) |
Age (n = 359), Mean (range, 95% CI) | 30.6 (0–96, 26.9–34.3) |
≤18 | 101 (28.1) |
18–45 | 193 (53.8) |
>45 | 65 (18.1) |
District of origin (n = 361) | |
Western urban | 241 (66.8) |
Western rural | 109 (30.2) |
Others | 11 (3.0) |
Symptom onset to specimen (n = 248), mean (range, 95% CI) | |
≤3 | 144 (58.1) |
4–7 | 83 (33.5) |
>7 | 21 (8.5) |
Symptom | |
Fever | 221 (82.2) |
Vomiting/nausea | 177 (66.5) |
Diarrhea | 151 (56.8) |
Weakness | 230 (86.8%) |
Loss of appetite | 221 (84.4%) |
Abdominal pain | 167 (64.5%) |
Chest pain | 81 (60.4%) |
Muscle pain | 185 (69.0%) |
Joint pain | 178 (67.7%) |
Headache | 160 (61.1%) |
Cough | 66 (49.6%) |
Difficult breathing | 91 (34.9%) |
Difficult swallowing | 88 (34.0%) |
Sore throat | 54 (42.2%) |
Jaundice | 39 (31.7%) |
Red eye | 116 (45.8%) |
Skin rash | 37 (14.6%) |
Hiccups | 60 (22.6%) |
Sensitive to light | 34 (26.6%) |
Coma | 22 (16.9%) |
Confused of disoriented | 54 (41.9%) |
Unexplained bleeding | 7 (4.9%) |
Multiple symptom (n = 278) | |
1–5 | 70 (25.2) |
6–10 | 130 (46.8) |
≥11 | 76 (27.3) |