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. 2017 Feb 4;389(10068):505–518. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32621-6

Table 4.

Distribution of confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease among enumerated contacts and contacts of contacts in all clusters

Eligible adults assigned to immediate vaccination
All eligible adults assigned to delayed vaccination Eligible adults not assigned
Non-eligible*participants (not vaccinated)
Immediately Vaccinated Never vaccinated Immediately Vaccinated Never vaccinated All assigned to immediate vaccination All assigned to delayed vaccination All not assigned
Contacts and contacts of contacts (clusters) 2119 (51) 1113 (48) 3096 (47) 1677 (19) 329 (10) 1307 (50) 1461 (47) 739 (19)
Attack rates
Overall 11/2119 (0·5%) 16/1113 (1·4%) 37/3096 (1·2%) 10/1677 (0·6%) 1/329 (0·3%) 9/1307 (0·7%) 13/1461 (0·9%) 8/739 (1·1%)
Onset <10 days since being randomly assigned 11/2111 (0·5%) 9/1113 (0·8%) 21/3096 (0·7%) 10/1677 (0·6%) 1/329 (0·3%) 6/1307 (0·5%) 7/1461 (0·5%) 6/739 (0·8%)
Onset ≥10 days since being randomly assigned 0/2108 7/1104 (0·6%) 16/3075 (0·5%) 0/1667 0/328 3/1301 (0·2%) 6/1454 (0·4%) 2/733 (0·3%)
Clusters affected by cases with onset ≥10 days after being randomly assigned
0 cases 51/51 (100%) 44/48 (91·7%) 40/47 (85·1%) 19/19 (100%) 10/10 (100%) 48/50 (96%) 44/47 (93·6%) 17/19 (89·5%)
1 case .. 2/48 (4·2%) 3/47 (6·4%) .. .. 1/50 (2%) 2/47 (4·3%) 2/19 (10·5%)
2 cases .. 1/48 (2·1%) 2/47 (4·3%) .. .. 1/50 (2%) .. ..
3 cases .. 1/48 (2·1%) 1/47 (2·1%) .. .. .. .. ..
4 cases .. .. .. .. .. .. 1/47 (2·1%) ..
6 cases .. .. 1/47 (2·1%) .. .. .. .. ..
*

Aged <18 years, pregnant, or lactating (full list of exclusion criteria in 19, 20). ..=data not available.