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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Research

Effects of Response to 2014–2015 Ebola Outbreak on Deaths from Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, West Africa

Alyssa S. Parpia1, Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah1Comments to Author , Natasha S. Wenzel, and Alison P. Galvani
Author affiliations: Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Table 1

Parameter estimates and distributions for models of malaria in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, measuring impact of response to the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak on deaths*

Malaria-related parameter estimates Value Reference
Probability of death without treatment, range
Uncomplicated malaria 0.005–0.02 (15)
Severe malaria
 0.45–0.80
 (13)
Probability of death while undergoing treatment, range
Uncomplicated malaria 0.00024–0.00112 (16)
Severe malaria
 0.05–0.2
 (17)
Probability of progressing from uncomplicated to severe malaria given no treatment 0.03–0.13 (13,18)
Proportion of case-patients with fever attributable to Malaria 0.01–0.11 (18,19)
Probability of spontaneous recovery from uncomplicated malaria 0.10–0.20 (18)
Probability of treatment for severe malaria
 0.60–0.80
 (20)
Age-specific probabilities†
Guinea
Development of fever within 2 weeks (β distribution) (21)
<1 y 376/1,453
1–2 y 476/1,296
2–3 y 406/1,192
3–4 y 337/1,253
4–5 y 301/1,252
Receiving treatment for malaria before Ebola outbreak
<1 y 0.128–0.221 (21)
1–2 y 0.194–0.334
2–3 y 0.159–0.260
3–4 y 0.198–0.309
4–5 y 0.163–0.271
Liberia
Development of fever within 2 weeks (β distribution) (22)
<1 y 391/1,333
1–2 y 429/1,272
2–3 y 309/1,085
3–4 y 327/1,198
4–5 y 273/1,159
Receiving treatment for malaria before Ebola outbreak
<1 y 0.296–0.381 (22)
1–2 y 0.461–0.603
2–3 y 0.393–0.538
3–4 y 0.449–0.618
4–5 y 0.521–0.624
Sierra Leone
Development of fever within 2 weeks (β distribution) (23)
<1 y 576/2,406
1–2 y 706/2,169
2–3 y 570/2,011
3–4 y 493/2,237
4–5 y 406/1,991
Receiving treatment for malaria before Ebola outbreak (23)
<1 y 0.301–0.395
1–2 y 0.376–0.502
2–3 y 0.354–0.484
3–4 y 0.395–0.543
4–5 y 0.376–0.501

*See Technical Appendix Table 1 for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis parameter estimates and distributions.
†For fever, values are no. persons in that age group that had a fever 2 weeks before the survey/total no. persons in age group.

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1These joint first authors contributed equally to this article.

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