Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone

Scott, J ORCID: 0000-0001-8030-5223, Sesay, F, Massaquoi, T, Idriss, B, Sahr, F and Semple, MG ORCID: 0000-0001-9700-0418 (2016) Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22 (4). pp. 641-646.

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Official URL: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/4/15-1302_art...

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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Headache, Syndrome, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disease Outbreaks, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, Child, Survivors, Sierra Leone, Female, Male, Ebolavirus, Eye Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2016 09:25
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:37
DOI:	10.3201/eid2204.151302
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000997