The Reason Why Youths Survive Ebola Virus

A new research carried out in Guinea has revealed that patients who were 40 and older had 3.5 times the risk of death compared with those under 40.

This is coming less than 48 hours after the World Health Organization, WHO, announced on Wednesday that a total of 13,042 cases of Ebola and 4,818 deaths have been recorded in West Africa.

The WHO report also informed that the rate of new infections appears to be declining in Liberia, stable in Guinea and still rising in Sierra Leone.

Meanwhile, a case series published on Thursday on 37 patients in Conakry, Guinea’s capital, showed that the median age of confirmed case-patients was 38; 24 (65%) were men and 14 (38%) were healthcare workers, 12 of whom contracted the disease in a healthcare setting.

Those with confirmed EVD sought medical care a median of 5 days after symptom onset. The most common symptoms were fever (84%), fatigue (65%), and diarrhea (62%). All of the patients received antibiotics, and 28 (76%) were treated with intravenous fluids. Sixteen (43%) of the patients died.

It was however gathered that the risk of death was 3.49 in those 40 and older compared with the younger patients.