New England Journal of Medicine 2015-02-05

Ebola in Freetown area, Sierra Leone--a case study of 581 patients.

Rashid Ansumana, Kathryn H Jacobsen, Foday Sahr, M'baimba Idris, Henry Bangura, Mohamed Boie-Jalloh, Joseph M Lamin, Santigie Sesay

Index: N. Engl. J. Med. 372(6) , 587-8, (2015)

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Abstract

Ebola virus continues to cause considerable disease in West Africa, with an initial 70% associated mortality. This report shows improving survival at one center in Sierra Leone. To the Editor: Schieffelin et al. (Nov. 27 issue)1 reported on 106 patients with Ebola virus disease who were treated in Kenema, Sierra Leone, in May and June 2014. Here we report similar data on the 631 patients with Ebola virus disease, as confirmed by polymerase-chain-reaction assay, who were admitted to the Ebola treatment center at the Hastings Police Training School near Freetown, Sierra Leone, on or after September 20, 2014 (the date on which the first patients were admitted to that center). The 31% case fatality rate at Hastings is lower than the 74% rate reported by Schieffelin et . . .