Influence of Referral Pathway on Ebola Virus Disease Case-Fatality Rate and Effect of Survival Selection Bias

Influence of Referral Pathway on Ebola Virus Disease Case-Fatality Rate and Effect of Survival Selection Bias

Case-fatality rates in Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) varied widely during the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa. We assessed the influence of referral pathway on ETC case-fatality rates with a retrospective cohort of 126 patients treated at the Mathaska ETC in Port Loko, Sierra Leon...

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Main Authors: Frauke Rudolf, Mads Damkjær, Suzanne Lunding, Kenn Dornonville de la Cour, Alyssa Young, Tim Brooks, Tom Sesay, Alex P. Salam, Sharmistha Mishra, Merete Storgaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ebola virus disease
Ebola virus
Ebola treatment centers
Ebola isolation centers
case-fatality rate
referral pathway
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-0485_article

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