Ebola virus disease at the coyah treatment center

Abstract:

Introduction: Ebola disease has a high lethality and there is no effective treatment. It is necessary to study it and be prepared for dealing of future epidemics. Objective: To describe the spatio temporal distribution and relationship with variables of person, place and time of the patients treated at the Ebola Treatment Center in Coyah. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. The universe were the admitted patients (N= 350) in this Center. The information was obtained from the medical records. Results: Ebola cases were confirmed in 244 patients (69.71 % positivity), 53.28 % in females; the average age was 30 years; 5 days average between the onset of symptoms and admission (median of 5 days). 90.57 % of the patients came from the Kindia Region and 61.07 % from the Forecariah prefecture. The number of patients admitted, according to statistical week, presented the characteristic fluctuations of epidemic outbreaks. In the center there were 133 deaths (case fatality rate of 54.5 per 100 confirmed patients). Conclusions: The high confirmation of cases characterized the disease, present mainly in young women, with admission around the week, from the first symptoms. The weekly incidence of cases showed characteristic fluctuations of epidemic outbreaks. The case fatality rate was low.

Año de publicación:

2017

Keywords:

• Ebola virus
• disease
• Epidemic

Fuente:

scopus