Prognostic Analysis of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. However, factors affecting the survival of the disease remain unclear. Here, we investigated the prognostic factors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) through various statistical models.

Methodology/principal findings

Sixty three laboratory-confirmed EVD patients with relatively complete clinical profiles were included in the study. All the patients were recruited at Jui Government Hospital, Sierra Leone between October 1st, 2014 and January 18th, 2015. We first investigated whether a single clinical presentation would be correlated with the survival of EVD. Log-rank test demonstrated that patients with viral load higher than 10(6) copies/ml presented significantly shorter survival time

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580459 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature