Table 1: Characteristics of suspected Lassa fever cases in Ondo State December to April 30, 2016

	Outcome of laboratory investigation
Variable	Positive for Lassa fever Igm antigen, N=19 (21.1%)	Negative for Lassa fever Igm antigen, N=71 (78.9%)	p-Value
Age group (in years)
<5	4 (21.1)	4 (5.6)	0.107*
5-14	1 (5.3)	6 (8.5)
≥ 15	14 (73.7)	61 (85.9)
Mean age	29.3±1.9	33.6±1.8
Sex
Male	9 (47.4)	36 (50.7)	0.796
Female	10 (52.6)	35 (49.3)
Location (LGA)
Akure South	8 (42.1)	33 (46.5)	0.698*
Owo	10 (52.6)	28 (39.4)
Ose	1 (5.3)	2 (2.8)
Ondo West	0 (0.0)	3 (4.2)
Akure North	0 (0.0)	2 (2.8)
Akoko South East	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)
Akoko South West	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)
Akoko North East	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)
Outcome of case management
Alive	7 (36.8)	65 (91.5)	<0.001*+
Dead	12 (63.2)	6 (8.5)
Median days between onset of symptom and presentation at the	2.0 (0 -17) days	2.0 (0 -23) days
Exposure to a confirmed case
Yes	2 (10.5)	7 (10.0)	0.932
No/Unknown	17 (89.5)	64 (90.0)