• Mahamoud Sama Chérif, Nut Koonrungsesomboon, Diénaba Kassé, Sékou Ditinn Cissé, Saliou Bella Diallo, Fatoumata Chérif, Facély Camara, Alpha Koné, Eleonor Fundan Avenido, Mandiou Diakité, Mamadou Pathé Diallo, Edouard Le Gall, Mohamed Cissé, Juntra Karbwang, and Kenji Hirayama.
• Faculty of Medicine, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea. msamafr@gmail.com.
• Eur. J. Pediatr. 2017 Jun 1; 176 (6): 791-796.

AbstractThe most recent epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has resulted in more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa. It has threatened child health in the affected countries, including Guinea. This nationwide retrospective cohort study included all children under 20 years of age with laboratory-confirmed EVD in Guinea during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak for analysis. Of 8,448 children with probable or suspected EVD, 695 cases were laboratory-confirmed EVD. The overall case fatality rate (CFR) was 62.9%. Pediatric patients with younger age had a significantly higher rate of death (adjusted OR = 0.995; 95%CI = 0.990-1.000; p = 0.046), with the highest CFR of 82.9% in children aged less than 5 years. Fever (91%), fatigue (87%), and gastrointestinal signs and symptoms (70%) were common clinical features on admission of the pediatric patients, while bleeding signs were not occurring often (24%). None of clinical features and epidemiologic risk factors for Ebola were associated with mortality outcome in our cohort study.

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