Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features during acute Ebola virus disease illness among 277 survivors.
| Number of survivors (%) | |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 163 (59%) |
| Male | 114 (41%) |
| Age group | |
| <5 years | 6 (2%) |
| 5–20 years | 64 (23%) |
| 21–40 years | 158 (57%) |
| >40 years | 49 (18%) |
| Self-reported acute EVD clinical features1 | |
| Fever | 255 (92%) |
| Diarrhoea2 | 211 (77%) |
| Eye redness3 | 207 (75%) |
EVD = Ebola virus disease
1
At any time during acute EVD illness (before and within Ebola facility, including the Ebola treatment unit), self-reported; fever included history of fever within the 2 days before or temperature >38·0°C at the time of EVD case-investigation by the surveillance team or Ebola facility admission.
2
Missing data in 1 patient (cannot recall and not answered in the surveillance data)
3
Missing data on 2 patients (cannot recall and not answered from the surveillance data)