Clinical Illness and Outcomes in Patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone
Author(s) -
John S. Schieffelin,
Jeffrey G. Shaffer,
Augustine Goba,
Michael Gbakie,
Stephen Gire,
Andrés Colubri,
Rachel Sealfon,
Lansana Kanneh,
Alex Moigboi,
Mambu Momoh,
Mohammed Fullah,
Lina Moses,
Bethany Brown,
Kristian G. Andersen,
S Winnicki,
S. F. Schaffner,
Daniel J. Park,
Nathan L. Yozwiak,
Panpan Jiang,
David Kargbo,
Simbirie Jalloh,
Mbalu Fonnie,
Vandi Sinnah,
Issa French,
Alice Kovoma,
Fatima K. Kamara,
Veronica Tucker,
Edwin Konuwa,
Josephine Sellu,
Ibrahim Mustapha,
Momoh Foday,
Mohamed Yillah,
Franklyn Kanneh,
Sidiki Saffa,
James L.B. Massally,
Matthew L. Boisen,
Luis M. Branco,
Mohamed Vandi,
Donald S. Grant,
Christian T. Happi,
Sahr M. Gevao,
Tom Fletcher,
Robert Fowler,
Daniel G. Bausch,
Pardis C. Sabeti,
Sheik Humarr Khan,
Robert F. Garry
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1411680
Subject(s) - medicine , sierra leone , case fatality rate , ebola virus , abdominal pain , vomiting , diarrhea , outbreak , pediatrics , epidemiology , disease , virology , development economics , economics
Limited clinical and laboratory data are available on patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD). The Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone, which had an existing infrastructure for research regarding viral hemorrhagic fever, has received and cared for patients with EVD since the beginning of the outbreak in Sierra Leone in May 2014.
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