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. 2018 Jan 9;217(8):1214–1221. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy004

Table 2.

Factors Associated With Risk for Ebola Virus Infection Among Persons Who Lived Within Quarantine and Risk for Minimally Symptomatic Infection Among Ebola Virus–Infected Persons

Risk of EBOV infection from quarantine
(uninfected, n = 173; infected, n = 48)
Risk of minimally symptomatic infection
from EBOV infection
(minimally symptomatic, n = 12; EVD, n = 36)
Characteristics Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
OR 95% CI AOR 95% CI OR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Sex Male Ref Ref Ref Ref
Female 0.91 .48–1.76 1.77 0.47–6.62
Age <15 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
15–45 4.66 1.72–12.58 3.74 1.05–13.27 0.56 .08–3.94 .49 .07–3.54
>45 8.24 2.49–27.27 5.96 .89–39.84 0.17 .01–2.56 .15 .003–7.38
Occupation Student Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Works outdoors 2.52 1.16–5.48 1.35 .52–3.54 1.33 .23–7.62
Housework 3.55 1.09–11.58 4.36 1.86–10.17 2.00 .20–19.91
Highest level of school completed Primary or less Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Middle school or above 1.85 .91–3.80 2.00 .99–4.04 1.85 .48–7.23
Having lived in the same house
as an EVD case
No Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Yes 5.18 2.29–11.70 7.61 1.67–34.65 0.06 .01–0.36 .06 .004–.75

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; EBOV, Ebola virus; EVD, Ebola virus disease; OR, odds ratio; Ref, referent.

Bold indicates P ≤ .05.

aEducation level excluded persons aged <15 years in the analysis. There were 152 quarantined persons, 43 EBOV-infected persons, 10 minimally symptomatic EBOV-infected persons and 33 reported EVD cases;