Predicting Ebola infection: A malaria-sensitive triage score for Ebola virus disease.
Mary-Anne HartleyAlyssa YoungAnh-Minh TranHarry Henry Okoni-WilliamsMohamed SumaBrooke MancusoAhmed Al-DikhariMohamed FaouziPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
This study proposes a highly predictive and easy-to-use triage tool, which stratifies the risk of EVD infection with 89% discriminative power for both EVD(-) and EVD(-)/malaria(+) differential diagnoses. Improved triage could preserve resources by identifying those in need of more specific differential diagnostics as well as bolster infection prevention/control measures by better compartmentalizing the risk of nosocomial infection.