Development of a Pediatric Ebola Predictive Score, Sierra Leone

Development of a Pediatric Ebola Predictive Score, Sierra Leone

We compared children who were positive for Ebola virus disease (EVD) with those who were negative to derive a pediatric EVD predictor (PEP) score. We collected data on all children <13 years of age admitted to 11 Ebola holding units in Sierra Leone during August 2014–March 2015 and performed mul...

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Main Authors: Felicity Fitzgerald, Kevin Wing, Asad Naveed, Musa Gbessay, J.C.G. Ross, Francesco Checchi, Daniel Youkee, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, David E. Baion, Ayeshatu Mustapha, Hawanatu Jah, Sandra Lako, Shefali Oza, Sabah Boufkhed, Reynold Feury, Julia Bielicki, Elizabeth Williamson, Diana M. Gibb, Nigel Klein, Foday Sahr, Shunmay Yeung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola virus
Ebola virus disease
viral hemorrhagic fever
children
pediatrics
case definition
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/2/17-1018_article

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