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. 2016 Jun 1;6:26943. doi: 10.1038/srep26943

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of enrolled suspected EVD patients.

Characteristics No. (%) of Patients
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)