Exposure-Specific and Age-Specific Attack Rates for Ebola Virus Disease in Ebola-Affected Households, Sierra Leone

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bower, Hilary ; Johnson, Sembia ; Bangura, Mohamed S. ; Kamara, Alie Joshua ; Kamara, Osman ; Mansaray, Saidu H. ; Sesay, Daniel ; Turay, Cecilia ; Checchi, Francesco ; Glynn, Judith R.
• Description:
  Using histories of household members of Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors in Sierra Leone, we calculated risk of EVD by age and exposure level, adjusting for confounding and clustering, and estimated relative risks. Of 937 household members in 94 households, 448 (48%) had had EVD. Highly correlated with exposure, EVD risk ranged from 83% for touching a corpse to 8% for minimal contact and varied by age group: 43% for children <2 years of age; 30% for those 5-14 years of age; and >60% for adults >30 years of age. Compared with risk for persons 20-29 years of age, exposure-adjusted relative risks were lower for those 5-9 (0.70), 10-14 (0.64), and 15-19 (0.71) years of age but not for children <2 (0.92) or 2-4 (0.97) years of age. Lower risk for 5-19-year-olds, after adjustment for exposure, suggests decreased susceptibility in this group.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aging Cadaver Child Family Family Characteristics Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(8):1403-1411.
• Pubmed ID:
  27144428
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4982163
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Sierra Leone
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c3d85378e975f66cc7978aa3a3242964d50b7a7f2d482753bf7c4e7e489d69da
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40867/cdc_40867_DS1.pdf
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