Table 1.
Risk group | Treatment onset (days from symptom onset) | Mortality rate | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No treatment (%) | Oral ribavirin (%) | Intravenous ribavirin (%) | ||
AST >150 IU | All cases | 55 | 14* | 19* |
Within 6 days | 61 | 20* | 5* | |
After >7 days | 52 | 11* | 26* | |
Viremia >103.6 TCID50 | All cases | 76 | 30* | 32* |
Within 6 days | 75 | 20* | 9* | |
After >7 days | 78 | 40* | 47* | |
Viremia <103.6 TCID50 | All cases | 28 | 7* | 9* |
AST aspartate transaminase, TCID 50 50 % Tissue culture inhibitory dose
* Significantly lower than mortality with no treatment