How severe and prevalent are Ebola and Marburg viruses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the case fatality rates and seroprevalence

Table 1 Summary of the studies included in a systematic review and meta-analysis describing case fatality rate for Ebola virus disease in Africa

Author and Year of Publication	Deaths	Cases	Country	Year and month of outbreak
WHO International Study Team, 1978 [27]	151	284	South Sudan	1976, June–November
International Commission, 1978 [28]	280	318	DRC	1976, Sept–Oct
Heymann et al., 1980 [8]	1	1	DRC	1977, June
Baron et al., 1983 [29]	22	34	South Sudan	1979, June–Oct
Amblard et al., 1997 [30]	30	49	Gabon	1994, November
Khan et al., 1999 [32]	255	315	DRC	1995, May
Georges et al., 1999 [31]	21	31	Gabon	1996, May
Milleliri et al., 2004 [34]	45	60	Gabon	1996, May
Okware et al., 2002 [33]	224	425	Uganda	2000, October
Nkoghe et al., 2005 [36]	97	124	Gabon	2000, December
Rouquet et al. (2005) [37]	128	143	ROC	2003, December
Boumandouki et al., 2005 [35]	29	35	ROC	2003, Oct–Dec
Onyango et al., 2007 [38]	7	17	South Sudan	2004, April–June
Nkoghe et al., 2011 [41]	10	12	ROC	2005, April–May
Leroy et al., 2009 [39]	186	264	DRC	2007, May and November
Wamala et al., 2010 [3]	39	116	Uganda	2007, August
Grard et al., 2011 [40]	15	32	DRC	2008, Jan
Shoemaker et al., 2012 [7]	1	1	Uganda	2011, May
Albariño et al., 2013 [42]	4	11	Uganda	2012, July
Albariño et al., 2013 [42]	3	6	Uganda	2012, Nov
Albariño et al., 2013 [42]	13	36	DRC	2012, August
Maganga et al., 2014 [43]	49	69	DRC	2014, July
WHO, 2016 [79, 90]	11323	28646	West Africa	March, 2014

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