Predicting Ebola infection: A malaria-sensitive triage score for Ebola virus disease
Hartley M, Young A, Tran A, Okoni-Williams H, Suma M, Mancuso B, Al-Dikhari A, Faouzi M. Predicting Ebola infection: A malaria-sensitive triage score for Ebola virus disease. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0005356. PMID: 28231242, PMCID: PMC5322888, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEbola virus diseaseEbola treatment centersEVD infectionTriage scoreDifferential diagnosisRetrospective cohort studyNon-specific symptomsImportant differential diagnosisPrevention/control measuresVirus diseaseCurrent triage protocolResource-poor settingsClinical characteristicsCohort studyEVD patientsUnivariate analysisNosocomial infectionsHigher oddsTriage toolPredictive scoreTreatment centersTriage protocolMultivariate analysisPatientsDifferential diagnostics