2016
DOI: 10.3201/eid2210.160579
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Ebola Virus Disease in Children, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015

Abstract: Children died rapidly, more than half in Ebola holding units before transfer to treatment units.

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“…The odds of death were 20-fold higher in EVD patients aged <5 years compared with older children. This finding is consistent with other data reported from the West African EVD epidemic [4, 21, 27, 28]. Days of hospitalization before death for half of those aged <2 years ranged from 6 to 12 days.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The odds of death were 20-fold higher in EVD patients aged <5 years compared with older children. This finding is consistent with other data reported from the West African EVD epidemic [4, 21, 27, 28]. Days of hospitalization before death for half of those aged <2 years ranged from 6 to 12 days.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The age cutoff matched the WHO case definition distinguishing between children and adolescents, anticipating that adolescents would have an adult disease phenotype. Settings and data collection methods have been described previously ( 4 , 10 ). We visited each EHU to extract data from paper clinical records, case investigation forms, and site admission books and to interview staff.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Variables were sex, age, contact history (yes/no), presence of 16 symptoms at EHU admission (yes/no), and days from symptom onset to EHU visit ( 4 ). We included age as a binary variable (<2 years and > 2 years), given the higher burden of febrile illnesses that appear similar to EVD (e.g., malaria) in younger children.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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