Title |
Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone - Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2016
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DOI | 10.3201/eid2204.151302 |
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Authors |
Janet T. Scott, Foday R. Sesay, Thomas A. Massaquoi, Baimba R. Idriss, Foday Sahr, Malcolm G. Semple |
Abstract |
Thousands of persons have survived Ebola virus disease. Almost all survivors describe symptoms that persist or develop after hospital discharge. A cross-sectional survey of the symptoms of all survivors from the Ebola treatment unit (ETU) at 34th Regimental Military Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone (MH34), was conducted after discharge at their initial follow-up appointment within 3 weeks after their second negative PCR result. From its opening on December 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015, the MH34 ETU treated 84 persons (8-70 years of age) with PCR-confirmed Ebola virus disease, of whom 44 survived. Survivors reported musculoskeletal pain (70%), headache (48%), and ocular problems (14%). Those who reported headache had had lower admission cycle threshold Ebola PCR than did those who did not (p<0.03). This complete survivor cohort from 1 ETU enables analysis of the proportion of symptoms of post-Ebola syndrome. The Ebola epidemic is waning, but the effects of the disease will remain. |
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Spain | 2 | 3% |
Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
Chile | 1 | 2% |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 2% |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 | 2% |
Canada | 1 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | 2% |
Other | 3 | 5% |
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Scientists | 10 | 17% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 16% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
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Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 148 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 25 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 11% |
Other | 12 | 8% |
Other | 29 | 19% |
Unknown | 26 | 17% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 9% |
Social Sciences | 12 | 8% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 7% |
Other | 25 | 16% |
Unknown | 38 | 25% |