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Table 1 Comparison of epidemiological indicators of transmission interruption between the three pilot communities and the whole country of Sierra Leone, from January 13 to April 5, 2015a

From: A practical community-based response strategy to interrupt Ebola transmission in sierra Leone, 2014–2015

Indicators

Nationwideb

Three pilot communities

Proportion of new confirmed cases from registered contacts % (no. new confirmed cases/all registered contacts)

45.6 (302/662)

64.3 (9/14)

The median of community infectivity time (range)-days

1.9

1.0 (0–14)

Proportion of confirmed EVD died in the community % (no. EVD cases died in the community/all EVD death cases)

21.2 (156/736)

12.5 (1/8)

Amount of unsafe burials for probable or confirmed EVD case

173

0

Number of districts with at least one security incident or other form of incompliance to EVD control measure (no. per week)

2.7

0

  1. aAs the last case in the three communities was isolated on March 15, 2015, and the longest incubation period of EVD was 21 days, we set the end date of comparison period to April 5, 2015
  2. bAll the nationwide indicators of EVD control performance for Sierra Leone were obtained and calculated from WHO situation reports. EVD: Ebola Virus Disease