title: Clinical Features and Outcome of Ebola Virus Disease in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Case Series.
abstract: Clinical and outcome data on pediatric Ebola virus disease are limited. We report a case-series of 33 pediatric patients with Ebola virus disease in a single Ebola Treatment Center in 2014-2015. The case-fatality rate was 42%, with the majority of deaths occurring within 10 days of admission.
authors.affiliation: GOAL Global, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Danish Armed Forces Health Services, Skalstrup Air Base, Skalstrup, Denmark; Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Electronic address: mdamkjaer@health.sdu.dk.
authors.forename: Mads
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Damkjær
authors.affiliation: GOAL Global, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Danish Armed Forces Health Services, Skalstrup Air Base, Skalstrup, Denmark; Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sharmistha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: GOAL Global, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Alyssa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: GOAL Global, Freetown, Sierra Leone; Danish Armed Forces Health Services, Skalstrup Air Base, Skalstrup, Denmark; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Merete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Storgaard
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D016638:Critical Illness; D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012807:Sierra Leone / Q000453:epidemiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents
keywords: Ebola virus disease; Sierra Leone; case fatality rate; hemorrhagic symptoms; pediatric