Table 3 Potential Sources of Ebola Virus Disease infection and Case Fatality Rates for Ebola Virus treatment at Kenema Government Hospital Ebola Treatment Center, Sierra Leone, during the peak period of the West Africa Ebola outbreak 2013–2016
Potential source of EVD patient infection | Total EVD patients (%) 205 (100%) | Survived 106 (51.7%) | Died 99 (48.3%) | Case Fatality Rate (%) | P – value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast milk | 4 (2.0) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (3.0) | 75.0 | 0.073 |
Shared clothes | 5 (2.4) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (2.0) | 40.0 | 0.634 |
Attended a funeral | 4 (2.0) | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.0) | 25.0 | 1.000 |
Related to EVD patient | 39 (19.0) | 22 (20.8) | 17 (17.2) | 43.6 | 0.543 |
Shared apartment | 37 (18.1) | 26 (24.5) | 11 (11.1) | 29.7 | 1.000 |
Physical contact with EVD patient | 81 (39.5) | 58 (54.7) | 23 (23.2) | 28.4 | 0.444 |
Contact with EVD fluids | 37 (18.1) | 25 (23.6) | 12 (12.1) | 32.4 | 0.816 |
Mutism | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.0) | 100 | 0.496 |
Anorexia | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 100 | 0.488 |
Blindness | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.0) | 100 | 1.000 |